View east along SR 170 at Meadow Creek Road in Norfolk
SR 170 begins at a directional intersection with SR 165, which heads west as Little Creek Road toward Naval Station Norfolk and south as Military Highway. The state highway heads east as a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane through a densely populated area of the northeastern part of Norfolk. At Meadow Creek Road, SR 170 becomes a divided highway and intersects the northern terminus of SR 192 (Azalea Garden Road). The state highway reaches its eastern terminus at US 60 (Shore Drive) adjacent to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek and the boundary between the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. The roadway continues east as Midway Road onto the amphibious base.[1][2]
Historyedit
Little Creek Road east of Granby Street (then SR 170, now US 460) was added to the state highway system in 1942 as State Route 351, at the same time as the eastern half of Military Highway was added;[3] this route connected the Military Highway bypass with several military installations. By 1947,[4]SR 168 was extended from Newport News over the ferry to Sewell's Point, replacing SR 165 on Admiral Taussig Boulevard (now mostly Interstate 564) and the majority of SR 351, from Taussig Boulevard east to US 60. The small piece of SR 351 west of Taussig Boulevard became a realigned SR 165; SR 351 was entirely eliminated (and immediately reused at its current location to replace part of former SR 168).
SR 168 was realigned to use the newly opened Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel in late 1957, and it took over the former SR 170 through Norfolk to North Carolina. Thus the State Route 170 designation was freed for a renumbering of the former SR 168 in Norfolk, from Hampton Boulevard (SR 337) near the old ferry southeast on Taussig Boulevard and east on Little Creek Road to US 60.[5] In 1979, I-564 replaced most of the Taussig Boulevard piece of SR 170, and the rest became an extension of SR 337; thus SR 170 was truncated to its current length by also removing the SR 165 concurrency.[6]
virginia, state, route, former, state, routes, numbered, state, route, virginia, 1933, 1940, state, route, virginia, 1940, 1957, former, route, route, virginia, state, route, primary, state, highway, state, virginia, known, little, creek, road, state, highway,. For former State Routes numbered 170 see State Route 170 Virginia 1933 1940 and State Route 170 Virginia 1940 1957 For the former U S Route see U S Route 170 Virginia State Route 170 SR 170 is a primary state highway in the U S state of Virginia Known as Little Creek Road the state highway runs 2 65 miles 4 26 km from SR 165 east to U S Route 60 US 60 within the independent city of Norfolk SR 170 is the eastern part of the connection between Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek State Route 170Little Creek RoadRoute informationMaintained by VDOTLength2 65 mi 1 4 26 km Existed1957 presentMajor junctionsWest endSR 165 in NorfolkEast endUS 60 in NorfolkLocationCountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountiesCity of NorfolkHighway systemVirginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes SR 169 SR 171 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External linksRoute description edit nbsp View east along SR 170 at Meadow Creek Road in Norfolk SR 170 begins at a directional intersection with SR 165 which heads west as Little Creek Road toward Naval Station Norfolk and south as Military Highway The state highway heads east as a five lane road with a center left turn lane through a densely populated area of the northeastern part of Norfolk At Meadow Creek Road SR 170 becomes a divided highway and intersects the northern terminus of SR 192 Azalea Garden Road The state highway reaches its eastern terminus at US 60 Shore Drive adjacent to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek and the boundary between the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach The roadway continues east as Midway Road onto the amphibious base 1 2 History editLittle Creek Road east of Granby Street then SR 170 now US 460 was added to the state highway system in 1942 as State Route 351 at the same time as the eastern half of Military Highway was added 3 this route connected the Military Highway bypass with several military installations By 1947 4 SR 168 was extended from Newport News over the ferry to Sewell s Point replacing SR 165 on Admiral Taussig Boulevard now mostly Interstate 564 and the majority of SR 351 from Taussig Boulevard east to US 60 The small piece of SR 351 west of Taussig Boulevard became a realigned SR 165 SR 351 was entirely eliminated and immediately reused at its current location to replace part of former SR 168 SR 168 was realigned to use the newly opened Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel in late 1957 and it took over the former SR 170 through Norfolk to North Carolina Thus the State Route 170 designation was freed for a renumbering of the former SR 168 in Norfolk from Hampton Boulevard SR 337 near the old ferry southeast on Taussig Boulevard and east on Little Creek Road to US 60 5 In 1979 I 564 replaced most of the Taussig Boulevard piece of SR 170 and the rest became an extension of SR 337 thus SR 170 was truncated to its current length by also removing the SR 165 concurrency 6 Major intersections editThe entire route is in Norfolk mi 1 kmDestinationsNotes 0 000 00 nbsp nbsp nbsp SR 165 East Little Creek Road North Military Highway to US 13Western terminus 1 562 51 nbsp nbsp SR 192 south Azalea Garden Road Botanical Garden AirportNorthern terminus of SR 192 2 654 26 nbsp US 60 Shore Drive Eastern terminus 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 miReferences edit a b c 2010 Traffic Data Virginia Department of Transportation 2010 Retrieved 2011 11 21 City of Norfolk City of Portsmouth and City of Chesapeake PDF Google 2011 11 21 Virginia State Route 170 Map Google Maps Google Retrieved 2011 11 21 State Highway Commission of Virginia March 20 1942 Minutes of Meeting PDF Report Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia p 14 State Highway Commission of Virginia July 1 1946 Minutes of Meeting PDF Report Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia p 55 State Highway Commission of Virginia November 25 1957 Minutes of Meeting PDF Report Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia pp 6 8 State Highway and Transportation Commission January 18 1979 Minutes of Meeting PDF Report Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia pp 33 34 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Virginia State Route 170 KML file edit help Template Attached KML Virginia State Route 170KML is from Wikidata Virginia Highways Project VA 170 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Virginia State Route 170 amp oldid 1208195629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
