View east at the west end of SR 337 Alt. at SR 337 in Portsmouth
SR 337 Alternate begins at the intersection of Portsmouth Boulevard (US 460 Alternate/SR 337) and Turnpike Road, and runs northeast on Turnpike Road. It turns north on Harbor Drive and ends at the London Boulevard overpass, where US 58 joins and the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway begins.[2][1] The route does not return to SR 337, but continuing along US 58 via the freeway and through the Midtown Tunnel will take one back to SR 337 in Norfolk.
Historyedit
Turnpike Road and most of SR 337 Alternate was initially part of SR 10, defined in 1918. That route came from Suffolk on Portsmouth Boulevard, turned northeast on Turnpike Road, north on Constitution Avenue (then Sixth Avenue), and east on High Street to reach the Norfolk-Portsmouth Ferry. It was defined as a state highway through Portsmouth in 1932, to be maintained by Portsmouth with aid from Virginia under Chapter 415, Acts of 1932.[3] The road became US 117 in 1926, and US 58 was added in 1932.[4] The present Airline Boulevard was built by Virginia as part of SR 12.[5] When it was completed in the mid-1930s, US 58 was moved to it, and the old route along Turnpike Road and Constitution Avenue became State Route 287. SR 287 was renumbered as US 58 Alternate in the early 1940s.[6] In 1968, US 58 Alternate was renumbered to SR 337 Alternate. It was truncated slightly at its west end from Airline Boulevard (US 58) to Portsmouth Boulevard, and the east end was realigned, using Harbor Drive rather than Constitution Avenue, and ending several blocks north of High Street (US 58 until 1962[7]).[8]
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virginia, state, route, alternate, portsmouth, state, route, alternate, alternate, primary, state, highway, state, virginia, lying, entirely, within, city, portsmouth, alternate, route, only, intersects, west, state, route, alternateroute, informationmaintaine. State Route 337 Alternate SR 337 Alternate is a primary state highway in the U S state of Virginia lying entirely within the city of Portsmouth It is an alternate route of SR 337 but only intersects SR 337 at its west end State Route 337 AlternateRoute informationMaintained by VDOTLength2 29 mi 1 3 69 km Existed1968 presentMajor junctionsWest endUS 460 Alt SR 337 in PortsmouthEast endUS 58 SR 141 in PortsmouthLocationCountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaHighway systemVirginia RoutesInterstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksRoute description edit nbsp View east at the west end of SR 337 Alt at SR 337 in PortsmouthSR 337 Alternate begins at the intersection of Portsmouth Boulevard US 460 Alternate SR 337 and Turnpike Road and runs northeast on Turnpike Road It turns north on Harbor Drive and ends at the London Boulevard overpass where US 58 joins and the Martin Luther King Jr Freeway begins 2 1 The route does not return to SR 337 but continuing along US 58 via the freeway and through the Midtown Tunnel will take one back to SR 337 in Norfolk History editTurnpike Road and most of SR 337 Alternate was initially part of SR 10 defined in 1918 That route came from Suffolk on Portsmouth Boulevard turned northeast on Turnpike Road north on Constitution Avenue then Sixth Avenue and east on High Street to reach the Norfolk Portsmouth Ferry It was defined as a state highway through Portsmouth in 1932 to be maintained by Portsmouth with aid from Virginia under Chapter 415 Acts of 1932 3 The road became US 117 in 1926 and US 58 was added in 1932 4 The present Airline Boulevard was built by Virginia as part of SR 12 5 When it was completed in the mid 1930s US 58 was moved to it and the old route along Turnpike Road and Constitution Avenue became State Route 287 SR 287 was renumbered as US 58 Alternate in the early 1940s 6 In 1968 US 58 Alternate was renumbered to SR 337 Alternate It was truncated slightly at its west end from Airline Boulevard US 58 to Portsmouth Boulevard and the east end was realigned using Harbor Drive rather than Constitution Avenue and ending several blocks north of High Street US 58 until 1962 7 8 Major intersections editThe entire route is in Portsmouth mi 1 kmDestinationsNotes0 000 00 nbsp nbsp nbsp US 460 Alt SR 337 Portsmouth Boulevard 1 051 69 nbsp US 17 Frederick Boulvevard nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp High Street to I 264 US 58 westformer US 582 293 69 nbsp nbsp US 58 eastInterchange1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 miSee also edit nbsp Virginia portal nbsp U S Roads portalReferences edit a b c 2012 Traffic Data PDF Virginia Department of Transportation 2012 Retrieved June 9 2014 Virginia Route Index PDF 239 KiB revised July 1 2003 Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia Held in Richmond July 19 1932 PDF 234 KiB Virginia Highways Project US 58 Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia Held in Richmond October 27 1931 PDF 313 KiB page 20 Virginia Highways Project VA 287 Minutes of Meeting of State Highway Commission of Virginia Richmond Virginia August 23 1962 PDF 466 KiB page 23 Minutes of Meeting of State Highway Commission Richmond Virginia March 21 1968 PDF 1 19 MiB page 14External links editKML file edit help Template Attached KML Virginia State Route 337 Alternate Portsmouth KML is from Wikidata nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Virginia State Route 337 Alternate Portsmouth Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Virginia State Route 337 Alternate Portsmouth amp oldid 1102997306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
