State Route 55
Virginia Route 55 is part of a multi state highway with West Virginia Route 55 from Muddlety to Elkins, Strasburg, Front Royal and Gainesville. Traveling 65.30 miles across northern reaches of the Old Dominion, SR 55 overlaps with U.S. 48 from the state line on Great North Mountain to Interstate 81 outside Strasburg. Within the town of Strasburg, SR 55 combines with U.S. 11 along Massanutten Street for 0.23 miles into Downtown. King Street leads the route east to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.
Following Front Royal Road, SR 55 straddles northern reaches of Three Top and Green Mountains to Waterlick. Strasburg Road continues SR 55 east from SR 626 (Totten Lane) at Buckton to U.S. 340/522 (Shenandoah Avenue) at Riverton. SR 55 turns south alongside U.S. 340/522 into the Warren County seat of Front Royal. U.S. 522 shifts onto Commerce Avenue to bypass Downtown while SR 55 remains along U.S. 340 (Royal Avenue) through the business district to South Street. Leaving the town limits, SR 55 runs along John Marshall Highway into the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Paralleling Interstate 66, SR 55 (John Marshall Highway) advances east to Linden and Manassas Gap at the Faquier County line. SR 66 switches sides with I-66 east of Markham and west ahead of U.S. 17 (Winchester Road). U.S. 17/SR 55 combine south ahead of Interstate 66, which was constructed in place of the ensuing stretch southeast to U.S. 17 Business / Main Street outside Marshall. SR 55 overlays U.S. 17 Business northeast 0.87 miles into Marshall from I-66/U.S. 17 at Exit 27.
Resuming along John Marshall Highway, SR 55 loops north of I-66 to Brookes Corner, Bunker Hill and town of The Plains. The two routes converge again northeast of Pignut Mountain and run alongside each other through Thoroughfare Gap between across the Pond Mountains and Bull Run Mountains. Staying south of I-66, SR 55 becomes suburbanized east to the town of Haymarket and south to a SPUI with U.S. 29 (Lee Highway) at SR 619 (Linton Hall Road).
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Page Updated Saturday May 08, 2021.