Virginia

[sprjus4]

This morning VDOT tweeted that this Saturday morning they will re-stripe the Norris Bridge to eliminate the passing zones. A significant part of this is probably a reaction to the fatal head-on crash on July 14. I was always rather surprised that passing was allowed on that bridge.

It's unfortunate that it took a fatal collision to lead to this, but better late than never.

[74/171FAN]

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/chesterfield-eyes-47m-fix-for-flood-prone-otterdale-road-crossing/

Just noting for myself (and if the search ever is truly functional again) that this for SR 667 (which I have clinched south of VA 288, I have not done the part north of it yet). 

I would think that Chesterfield County would want this four-laned eventually.

[WillWeaverRVA]

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/chesterfield-eyes-47m-fix-for-flood-prone-otterdale-road-crossing/

Just noting for myself (and if the search ever is truly functional again) that this for SR 667 (which I have clinched south of VA 288, I have not done the part north of it yet). 

I would think that Chesterfield County would want this four-laned eventually.

The portion south of Genito Road should definitely be four-laned, but an intersection where Otterdale Road turns onto itself at Duval Road would need to be reconfigured. Between Genito Road and VA 288, I really don't think it sees very much traffic even today, despite having the exit from southbound VA 288, so the current two-lane road with wide shoulders is adequate.

I do think that Otterdale Road should connect to Old Otterdale Road on the other side of VA 288 via an overpass, though. Watkins Centre Parkway is an unnumbered road, so the result is that the SR 667 designation is discontinuous. Hilariously, VDOT's ArcGIS map says that SR 667 crosses VA 288 when it doesn't.

[74/171FAN]

I do think that Otterdale Road should connect to Old Otterdale Road on the other side of VA 288 via an overpass, though. Watkins Centre Parkway is an unnumbered road, so the result is that the SR 667 designation is discontinuous. Hilariously, VDOT's ArcGIS map says that SR 667 crosses VA 288 when it doesn't.

Yeah, I noticed that while I was working on Chesterfield County routes on the wiki.  Speaking of which, I wonder if they may end up with higher numbers than Fairfax at some point down the road.  They are definitely in the 8000s already.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I do think that Otterdale Road should connect to Old Otterdale Road on the other side of VA 288 via an overpass, though. Watkins Centre Parkway is an unnumbered road, so the result is that the SR 667 designation is discontinuous. Hilariously, VDOT's ArcGIS map says that SR 667 crosses VA 288 when it doesn't.

Yeah, I noticed that while I was working on Chesterfield County routes on the wiki.  Speaking of which, I wonder if they may end up with higher numbers than Fairfax at some point down the road.  They are definitely in the 8000s already.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Chesterfield reach 5 digit route numbers sometime within the next 10 years, though I've noticed that a lot of newer developments aren't applying to have their streets become part of the secondary system. Currently the highest non-school route number in Chesterfield County is SR 8522 - an unnamed street that branches from another unnamed street making an important state-maintained connection between SR 697 and a Carytown Tobacco vape shop.

Chesterfield seems to do very weird things with secondary routes. I noticed that Cobalt Avenue - a street within an apartment complex off SR 950 Charter Colony Parkway - is SR 8494. But there are no SR 8494 signs anywhere, not even street name signs labeled SR 8494. There are other SRs nearby, but none of them are signed either despite one of them connecting back to SR 950.

EDIT: There is an SR 8591 - Grayscott Way in the Tarrington neighborhood - but it isn't signed either.