US 460 ALT
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Photo: A rare US 460 ALT shield in Norfolk (photo by Mapmikey 3/6/10)


From:  City of Salem
To: City of Salem
Total Length: 3.03 miles  




ROUTE LOG
US 11, US 11 ALT BEGIN, US 460: 0 - 0
US 11: 1.11 - 1.11
VA 419 SB: 1.39 - 2.50
US 11 ALT NB, US 460, VA 419 NB: 0.53 - 3.03
Creation: Designated in 1947, running generally as it does today as a renumbering of VA 117-Y. This is the 1st of 5 US 460 ALTs
Adjustments: By 1958, US 460 ALT was removed from Lynchburg Turnpike and Schrader St in the MAson Creek area.
Improvements:  Paved upon inception; brief multilaning near its western end.
Posted:  Fully posted
Multiplexes:  US 11 ALT (2.50 mi)
US 11 ALT, VA 419 (0.53 mi)
Legislative names:  None
Other names:  4th St/Texas St/Electric Rd (Salem)
Scenic Byway:  no segments
Comment: US 460 ALT exists to give trucks a routing away from central Salem. It has speed limits no different than mainline US 460.
Doesn't show up on VDOT Officials until 1961 but is shown in the '58 County Atlas.

1946 Roanoke County
VA 117-Y in Salem
1946 Roanoke County
1958 Roanoke County
US 460 ALT in Salem
1958 Roanoke County


From: Bowers Hill (City of Chesapeake)
To:  City of Norfolk)
Total Length: 9.30 miles  




ROUTE LOG
I-664 (exit 13), US 13, US 58 WB, US 460, VA 191: 0 - 0
Portsmouth-Chesapeake Line: 1.72 - 1.72
VA 239: 1.79 - 3.51
US 58 EB, VA 337 WB: 0.28 - 3.79
VA 337 ALT: 0.10 - 3.89
I-264 WB (exit 4), VA 337 EB: 0.15 - 4.04
US 17: 0.94 - 4.98
VA 141: 1.66 - 6.64
Norfolk-Portsmouth Line: 0.87 - 7.51
I-464 (exit 6), VA 337 WB: 0.55 - 8.06
I-264 EB (exit 9), VA 337 EB, VA 337 ALT: 0.41 - 8.47
US 460, VA 337: 0.83 - 9.30
Creation: US 460 ALT appeared November 1952 (CTB Minutes). It ran from US 13-58-460 Bowers Hill along US 58 to Portsmouth, then east along Portsmouth Blvd to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, then north along 7th St/Washington Ave. It turned east at today's I-264 to use the Downtown Tunnel and the Berkley Bridge. In Norfolk, there was a simple trumpet interchange at City Hall Ave. US 460 ALT cut west on City Hall, then used one-way splits of Bank St (EB) and Monticello Ave (WB), ending at US 460 Brambleton Ave. This is the 2nd of 5 US 460 ALTs
Adjustments: Sometime after 1963, US 460 ALT EB in downtown Norfolk was removed from Bank St and put on St. Paul's Blvd. My guess is that it was moved as part of building the Norfolk Scope which opened in 1971.

1963
US 460 ALT initial downtown routing
1963 Gen Draft
1989
US 460 ALT current downtown routing
1989 Official

US 460 ALT was moved onto I-264 from Portsmouth Blvd. through Portsmouth in March 1968 (CTB). Portsmouth Blvd remained part of VA 337 while the remainder is city streets.

1961
US 460 ALT initial Portsmouth routing
1961 Official
1989
US 460 ALT current Portsmouth routing
1989 Official

US 460 ALT was not explicitly labeled on Officials until 1955.
Improvements:  Paved upon inception; Multilane on its VA 337 and I-264 multiplexes, plus Downtown Norfolk.
Posted:  Fully posted from Bowers Hill to I-264. The last shield EB directs you onto I-264. In 1993 there was 1 shield on Monticello Ave at City Hall Ave but appears to be gone now. By February 2013, a new shield was installed on Brambleton Ave at St. Paul's Blvd.
Multiplexes:  US 58 (3.79 mi)
VA 337 (0.25 mi)
I-264 (4.02 mi)
I-264, VA 337 (0.41 mi)
Legislative names:  A.L. Philpott Memorial Highway, US 58 duplex (since 3/3/92)
Other names:  Airline Blvd (US 58 duplex); Portsmouth Blvd (VA 337 duplex); St. Pauls Blvd/Monticello Ave/City Hall Ave (Norfolk)
Scenic Byway:  no segments
Comment: US 460 ALT is much more direct (4.15 miles shorter) from Bowers Hill to Norfolk than mainline US 460.

Previous US 460 ALT's:

1989 ROUTE LOG
I-95: 0 - 0
US 460: 0.30 - 0.30




1964 ROUTE LOG
US 460, VA 83: 0 - 0
US 460, VA 83: 0.55 - 0.55
US 460 ALT #3: Appeared in 1959. Ran from US 460 to I-95 south of Petersburg. It is unclear whether US 460 ALT continued along I-95 to US 301-460 Crater Road, one exit north. This US 460 ALT was new construction.
It appears this was absorbed in Feb 1961 when US 460 EB was routed to use this.
US 460 ALT was labeled explicitly on the 1961-63 Official maps.
US 460 ALT #4: Mentioned in CTB minutes from May 1962 to May 1964 as the Grundy Bypass. Since there is not a true bypass of Grundy now, this must refer to the US 460 EB lanes that skirt around the Downtown portion of Grundy. It is unclear when the road was reconfigured to be one-way eastbound.
The 1958 County Atlas shows this as SR 1006.
US 460 ALT #5: In November 1970 (AASHO), Virginia requested US 460 between Bedford and Lynchburg be redesignated as US 460 ALT, as US 460 was being moved to the new 4-lane route (former VA 297). AASHO denied this request and a month later Virginia requested and was allowed to change it to part of US 221 instead.
1961
US 460 ALT in Petersburg
1961 Official

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