<US 360 | Home | US 411 >
US 1 | US 301 | US 501
Photo: US 401 WB view at Lombardy Grove leaving US 1/VA 31 (photo by Mapmikey, 1/21/08)
| US 401 not currently assigned | ||||||||
| Previous US 401's: 1931 ROUTE LOG US 501, VA 18, VA 44 WB: 0 - 0 US 15 SB, VA 32 SB: 26 - 26 US 15 NB, VA 32 NB, VA 44 EB, VA 400 Begin: 1 - 27 VA 12 WB, VA 400 END: 10 - 37 US 1 SB, VA 31 SB: 10 - 47 US 1 NB, VA 12 EB, VA 31 NB, VA 434: 6 - 53 |
US 401 #1: Designated in the original 1925 US Route plan, running from US 1 (now Goodes Ferry Rd) South Hill west with VA 12 to Boydton, then with VA 201 to Clarksville, then south with VA 32 to the North Carolina line near Soudan (using SR 821, SR 822 and SR 1102 5th St).
In Dec 1926 when the US route system went official, this was renumbered in its entirety as US 15. Today it is the US 58 Corridor. See the following entry for its exact path east of Clarksville. This US 401 did make the 1926 Official map.
US 401 #2: Appeared March 1927 (AASHO) as the first US Highway to be added after the initial Dec 1926 roll-out. Like the first US 401 designation, this followed VA 201 and VA 12. Some maps say that US 15 initially was on the road to Clarksville and some even show US 15 east to South Hill. Interestingly, an official map I'm certain is from 1927 shows no US 401 at all, while a late 1927/early 1928 official map shows Clarksville to South Hill as US 401. What is more certain is that eventually US 401 did head east with VA 201 via today's US 58 Business and US 58 east of Clarksville; SR 783 through Finchley; SR 756 into Boydton; one block of SR 707 north. US 401 then followed VA 12 where it followed US 58 Business east to about the mainline US 58. VA 12 initially followed a road now abandoned save a small piece of SR 608 Ridge Rd that follwed the RR tracks closely (north side) until about the current US 58-VA 4 jct. VA 12 followed "Old Plank Rd" from here which is now SR 674 to Baskerville; SR 669 to SR 668 to SR 663 to SR 645 to SR 644 to SR 661 Lombardy Grove; SR 661 to South Hill. US 401 ended at today's Goode Ferry Rd (SR 903), which at that time was US 1/VA 31. In 1927, US 1 was moved off SR 903 and instead onto its current routing. The 1931 route log says US 401 still ended at South Hill so US 401 may have still ended at Goodes Ferry Rd or may have been extended east slightly to current VA 47. In 1930, US 401 was placed on modern US 58/US 58 Business from Boydton to Lombary Grove, leaving behind several CRs: 223A, 262, 205A, 8, 130, 5, 105, and 12. Also by March 1930, US 401 was extended west over VA 44 from Clarksville to end at US 501/VA 18 South Boston. US 401 used used US 58 Business to 8th St to SR 750 west to US 58. US 401 then appears to have followed SR 722 Cow Rd, SR 732 Buffalo Creek Rd over to Buffalo Springs, then SR 601 through Midway to Omega, then US 58, SR 742 and US 58 before ending at US 501.
In 1931, US 401 was moved to US 58's routing from South Boston to today's SR 750 west of Clarksville.
|
|||||||
Previous: US 360 |
Next: US 411
US 1 | US 301 | US 501 |
Top | Virginia Hwy Index
Home
Page last modified 30 January 2022