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Photo: This is SR 712 crossing the Otter River on a bridge built in 1927 and thus was part of US 170 (photo by Mapmikey, 1/21/07)
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| Previous US 170's: 1931 ROUTE LOG NC STATE LINE: 0 - 0 VA 300: 2 - 2 VA 301 SB: 1 - 3 US 58 WB, VA 12 WB: 1 - 4 US 58 EB, VA 44: 0.5 - 4.5 VA 12 EB: 0.5 - 5 VA 301 NB: 1 - 6 VA 57 WB: 15 - 21 VA 57 EB: 2 blocks - 21 VA 20: 9 - 30 VA 320: 13 - 43 VA 43 WB: 13 - 56 VA 43 EB: 1 - 57 VA 319: 10 - 67 VA 10 WB: 1 - 68 VA 10 EB: 1 - 69 US 29 NB, US 60 EB, VA 18: 1 - 70 |
US 170: Appeared in 1925 as an original US Highway, assigned to VA 14 from the North Carolina line near Danville to Lynchburg, then over to Glasgow, with VA 141 to Natural Bridge and VA 33 to Lexington. Lychburg to Lexington was also assigned as part of US 52.
By Nov 1926, US 170 north was truncated to US 60, at the intersection of 5th and Main, in Lynchburg. US 60 continued from Lynchburg to Lexington. About 1928, US 170 was placed on today's US 29 between Sycamore and Motley; also US 170 was placed on current US 29 in the Galveston area south of Gretna. In 1930, US 170 was placed on current US 29 through Tightsqueeze leaving behind today's SRs 1437, 1434, and 1433. About 1931, VA 14 was placed on today's US 29 Bus/VA 163 in the vicinity of Lynchburg airport. This left behind routing across what is now the airport, north on Leesville Rd to US 460 Bus east, then VA 163 In Oct 1931, US 170 was extended to Culpeper over VA 18 and VA 28 and immediately renumbered as US 29 throughout Virginia. The last route of US 170 today is: Old US 29 at the NC Line at Danville; US 29 Bus; VA 41; US 29 Business; SR 1031 Suburban Dr and SR 720 Blairs Cir in Blairs; US 29 to Chatham except Old Taylor Rd/abandoned alignment south of SR 718 Dry Fork Rd; US 29 through Tightsqueeze. US 170 used US 29 Busienss through Chatham, then SR 1429; US 29; US 29 Business through Gretna; US 29, SR 988 to US 29 Business through Alta Vista; SR 712 Riverbend Rd, US 29; SR 912; US 29; SR 754 Anstey Rd, SR 738 Greenhouse Rd; US 29; US 29 Bus; VA 163 into Lynchburg.
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