State Route 3

Virginia Route 3 travels 150.55 miles from Culpeper east to Warsaw and south from Lancaster to Gloucester. SR 3 originates in Culpeper where U.S. 15 Business (Main Street), U.S. 29 Business (Madison Road) and U.S. 522 (Fredericksburg Road) come together. U.S. 522/SR 3 overlap with U.S. 15 Business for 0.12 miles to Orange Road, and overall 1.74 miles to Zachary Taylor Highway. SR 3 continues east from Culpepper along Germanna Highway to the Spotsylvania County line.

With increasing commercial development, SR 3 advances east along Plank Road to I-95/U.S. 17 by Spotsylvania Towne Centre at the independent city of Fredericksburg. SR 3 partitions with a 2.95 mile long business route to Downtown Fredicksburg while bypassing the city center to the south along Blue and Gray Parkway, a controlled access expressway. Reentering Spotsylvania County from Fredericksburg, SR 3 follows Kings Highway east along a rural stretch paralleling the Rappahannock River.

Kings Highway continues east across King George County to the county seat and southeast to Montross in Westmoreland County and SR 203 (Oldhams Road) at Lyells in Richmond County. Angling southwest, SR 3 follows History Land Highway to the county seat of Warsaw, where another business route separates. Crossing Lancaster Creek, SR 3 enters Lancaster County along Mary Ball Road.

SR 3 arcs southeast to Lancaster, Kilmarnock and White Stone. Turning southwest, SR 3 crosses the Rappahannock River over the Robert O. Norris, Jr. Bridge to Greys Point in Middlesex County. SR 3 (Greys Point Road) continues west to SR 33 (General Puller Highway) at Harmony Village, where the two combine 3.45 miles southeast to Hartfield. SR 3 shifts southward onto Twiggs Ferry Road 3.20 miles to the Mathews County line across the Plankatank River.

Passing through northwestern Mathews County, SR 3 overlaps with SR 198 (Buckley Hall Road) for 1.55 miles west to Soles. SR 3 turns south again along Windsor Road 2.07 miles to SR 14 at Fort Nonsense. SR 3/14 (John Clayton Memorial Highway) combine southwest into Gloucester County. SR 3 ends in Gloucester, where SR 14 joins U.S. 17 Business west along Main Street.

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A cloverleaf interchange joins SR 3 (William Street) with U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) in the city of Fredericksburg. SR 3 splits with SR 3 Business (William Street) for Blue and Gray Parkway around Downtown Fredericksburg just east of U.S. 1.
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SR 3 (History Land Highway) continues south from SR 203 (Oldhams Road) at Lyells three miles to the town of Warsaw and 34 miles to Kilmarnock.
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SR 3 (History Land Highway) expands to four lanes ahead of the split with SR 3 Business (Main Street) to bypass Warsaw.
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The town of Warsaw is the seat of Richmond County.
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SR 3 Business lines Main Street southwest 0.77 miles to U.S. 360 (Richmond Road) beyond Downtown Warsaw.
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SR 670 (Scott Town Road) provides a cutoff to U.S. 360 (Richmond Road) west from SR 3 (History Land Highway) south in Warsaw.
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SR 3 (History Land Highway) curves southwest into the signalized intersection with U.S. 360 (Richmond Highway).
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An intrastate route, U.S. 360 runs 225.31 miles across the state from Danville to Richmond and Reidsville in Northumberland County.
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West from Warsaw, U.S. 360 crosses the Rappahannock River to the Essex County seat of Tappahannock. U.S. 360 east leads to the Northumberland County seat of Heathsville.
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SR 3 west and SR 198 east combine for 1.55 miles along Buckley Hall Road between Soles and Twiggs Ferry Road near Dixie.
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SR 198 continues along Buckley Hall Road east from SR 3 to Cobbs Creek and Blakes.
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SR 198 loops 7.17 miles southeast to meet SR 14 north of Mathews. SR 3 angles northwest and than northeast 15.41 miles to White Stone, where SR 200 branches west to Irvington.
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West

SR 3 (Twiggs Ferry Road) continues northwest 1.37 miles from SR 198 to the Middlesex County line. Located 11 miles away, Deltaville lies near the east end of SR 33.
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SR 701 (Green Point Lane) spurs north from SR 3 at Dixie to the Piankatank River.
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SR 1010 is Dixie Drive west into the Dixie subdivision.
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SR 3 (Twiggs Ferry Road) spans the Piankatank River north to Wilton Point in Middlesex County.
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The Twiggs Bridge across the Piankatank River was originally built in 1957 and reconstructed in 2014.¹
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The bridge taking SR 3 over the Piankatank River measures 2,092 feet in length. It ascends 42.7 feet above the navigation channel.¹
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SR 655 is Ferry Road at the south end of Wilton Point. The Twiggs Ferry was originally a part of SR 225.
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SR 630 (Stampers Bay Road) provides 1.00 mile long a cut off northeast to SR 33 (General Puller Highway) east to Wilton, Hardyville and Deltaville.
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SR 653 comprises a local loop along the east side of SR 3 (Twiggs Ferry Road) through Stampers.
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SR 3 west converges with SR 33 (General Puller Highway) at Hartfield.
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SR 33 (General Puller Highway) spurs 8.41 miles east to Deltaville and Stingray Point on Chesapeake Bay.
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West

SR 3/33 (General Puller Highway) overlap 3.45 miles northwest to Grafton and Harmony Village.
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SR 626 (Regent Road) heads 0.43 miles north to Free Shade Corner, where it splits with SR 624 north to Syringa an route to Wake.
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SR 707 (Grafton Church Road) loops west from SR 3/33 along the original alignment of SR 33 through Grafton.
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SR 707 returns to SR 3/33 north from SR 629 (Stormont Road) west to Healys.
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SR 625 (Bobs Hole Road) stems east from SR 3/33 to SR 624 (Syringa Road) near Syringa.
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SR 3 branches northeast from SR 33 (General Puller Highway) along Greys Point Road to the Robert Opie Norris Bridge and White Stone.
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SR 33 expands into a four lane highway ahead of the split with SR 3 west at Harmony Village.
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SR 33 (General Puller Highway) continues 6.89 miles west to U.S. 17 Business (Gloucester Road) in the Middlesex County seat of Saluda.
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SR 3 replaced SR 200 along Greys Point Road northeast from SR 33 to the former Grey Point - Whitestone Ferry across the Rappahannock River.
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The Robert O. Norris, Jr. Bridge lies four miles northeast of SR 657 (Kates Neck Road) along SR 3.
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SR 657 (Kates Neck Road) spurs north to a handful of homesteads adjacent to Whiting Creek.
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SR 624 (Syringa Road) angles southeast to Syringa.
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SR 645 (Locust Grove Road) heads north and than east to residential areas along Meachim Creek.
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SR 622 (Dirt Bridge Road) leads 0.77 miles south to SR 623 (Regent Road) west of Regent.
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SR 646 (Long Point Lane) connects SR 3 with SR 663 (Planview Road) north to Hummel Field Airport (W75).
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SR 621 (Locklies Creek Road) branches east from SR 3 (Greys Point Road) to Locklies along the Rappahannock River.
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The 9,989 foot long Robert O. Norris, Jr. Bridge spanning the Rappahannock River is subject to high winds.
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Westbound SR 3 crosses into Lancaster County midway over the Rappahannock River.
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The Robert Opie Norris, Jr. Bridge was built in 1957 and reconstructed in 1996.²
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The roadway deck across the Robert O. Norris, Jr. Bridge is just 23.0 feet wide.²
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Looking south from SR 3 at Parrott Island on the Rappahannock River.
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The Rappahannock River empties into Chesapeake Bay beyond the distant Mosquito Point and Stingray Point east of the Robert O. Norris, Jr. bridge.
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The Robert Opie Norris, Jr. Bridge is a cantilever through truss bridge.
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Tolls were previously collected for the Norris Bridge just beyond the north end of the span.
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SR 3 (Rappahannock Drive) advances northeast into the town of White Stone where it meets the south end of SR 200 (Chesapeake Drive).
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SR 695 spurs 7.69 miles southeast from SR 3/200 in White Stone Palmer and Westland on Fleets Island. SR 200 loops west to Irvington and north back to SR 3 at Kilmarnock.
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SR 200 west to Irvington and Christ Church was formerly the route of SR 3. SR 3 north along Mary Ball Road to Kilmarnock Road was the original alignment of SR 200.
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SR 3 north from White Stone is a Virginia Byway.
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SR 3 expands to a four lane, divided highway between White Stone and the town of Kilmarnock.
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The short loop along SR 702 (Methodist Church Road) north to SR 646 (Ocran Road) is the original alignment of SR 200.
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SR 646 (Ocran Road) spurs east to Ocran on Poplar Neck.
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SR 646 (Old Salem Road) meanders 3.16 miles northwest to SR 200 (Irvington Road) at Pitmans Corner and SR 222 (Weems Road) north of Christ Church.
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SR 1036 (Harris Road) loops 1.82 miles northwest from SR 3 at SR 759 (Simmons Lane) to SR 200 (Irvington Road) at SR 688 (James B. Jones Memorial Highway).
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SR 650 (Fleets Bay Road) spurs 3.01 miles east from SR 3 (Mary Ball Road) along Fleets Back Neck.
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SR 3 (Mary Ball Road) westbound enters the town of Kilmarnock at SR 651 (Boys Camp Road).
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SR 3 continues along Main Street north to Wiggins Avenue (SR 1010) in Kilmarnock.
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SR 200 returns to SR 3 (Main Street) along Irvington Avenue east in Downtown Kilmarnock.
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SR 200 north combines with SR 3 west along Main Street for 0.09 miles in Downtown Kilmarnock.
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SR 3 (Main Street) curves seven miles northwest from SR 200 (Church Street) in Kilmarnock to the Lancaster County Course House. SR 200 runs 7.6 miles north to Wicomico Church.
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