I-77 South / I-81 North - Wytheville to Fort Chiswell

I-77 south combines with I-81/U.S. 52 north less than a half mile from a trumpet interchange (Exit 73) with U.S. 11 (Main Street) southbound. U.S. 11 leads west to Wytheville Community College and Downtown Wytheville.

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Exit 73 departs I-81/U.S. 52 north and I-77 south beyond the Lithia Road overpass onto U.S. 11 (E Main Street) south. U.S. 11 north joins I-77/81 east while the frontage roads (Nye Road / E Lee Highway) represent the pre-freeway alignment.

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These confirming markers for I-77/U.S. 52 south and I-81/U.S. 11 north stand by the Norfolk Southern Railroad underpass.

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I-81/U.S. 11 north overlap northeast to Exit 89 south of Pulaski. South from I-81, I-77 advances to Statesville and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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I-77/81 and U.S. 11/52 cross Reed Creek between E Lee Highway (old U.S. 11) and Chapman Road.

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Exit 77 provides access to E Lee Highway (old U.S. 11/ 52) and Chapman Road via Ready Mix Road.

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A pair of truck stops and other gas stations surround the diamond interchange at Exit 77. E Lee Highway and Chapman Road continue east to Exit 80 and Fort Chiswell.

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With six overall lanes, I-77/81 and U.S. 11/52 pass north of Lick Mountain on the ensuing stretch east to Fort Chiswell.

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Interstate 77 branches south toward Hillsville, Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina at Exit 81 in three miles.

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U.S. 52 south separates with I-77/81-U.S. 11 from the forthcoming diamond interchange (Exit 80) with SR 121 (Fort Chiswell Road) north. SR 121 runs 1.83 miles north to Ayers Street in Max Meadows.

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U.S. 52 (Fort Chiswell Road) heads south from Exit 80 and the community of Fort Chiswell to Laswell and the New River at Jackson Ferry. SR 121 alludes to the original route of U.S. 121, which traveled south from Fort Chiswell to Lexington, North Carolina. U.S. 121 was vastly superseded by U.S. 52 in 1934.¹

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U.S. 52 parallels Interstate 77 through Poplar Camp, Hillsville, Fancy Gap and Cana en route to Mount Airy, North Carolina.

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I-77/81 split at a trumpet interchange (Exit 81) 1.25 miles east of SR 121 (Fort Chiswell Road).

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Exit 8 (SR 148) along southbound Interstate 77 ties the freeway with the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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I-77 continues 32.58 miles south from I-81 to I-74 at the North Carolina state line via Hillsville. I-74 branches southeast to Winston-Salem while I-77 converges with U.S. 21 south at Elkin.

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I-81/U.S. 11 continues northeast from I-77 to Pulaski, Radford, Christiansburg and Roanoke.

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Interstate 77 turns southeasterly 17 miles to Hillsville ahead of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Charlotte, North Carolina is 135 miles away.

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