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Photo: VA 52's old 1929 routing south of Wakefield at today's SR 600 (right) and SR 628 (ahead). VA 52 changed roads here. (photo by Mapmikey 1/21/08)
| U.S. 52 |
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| Previous VA 52's: 1934 ROUTE LOG US 58, US 460: 0 - 0 VA 53: 4 - 4 NC STATE LINE: 18 - 22
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VA 52: Appeared in Aug 1928 (CTB) as new primary routing running from VA 10 Suffolk northwest via Windsor, Wakefield, and Waverly and ending 7.45 miles into Prince George County
VA 52 #1 appears 1929 Official In Aug 1929 (CTB), VA 52 was extended west 3.5 miles to New Bohemia. Also, VA 52 was rerouted between Wakefield to Zuni to use current US 460. The original route used SRs 628, 600, and 616 to below Ivor, then SRs 622 and 614 to Zuni. The SR 616 piece became an extended VA 508. A small bit of the SR 628 piece became/remained VA 510. Also in this timeframe, VA 52 was given US 460's routing east of Windsor instead of today's SR 636. 
VA 52 straightened out Wakefield to Zuni 1930 Official In Dec 1930 (CTB), VA 52 was extended 4.47 miles northwest of New Bohemia In July 1932 (CTB), VA 52 was extended to VA 10 (now just Bank St) in Petersburg The 1933 draft route log had VA 52 extended south replacing VA 505 to the North Carolina line. 
VA 52 from Petersburg to NC 1933 draft route log In July 1933 (CTB), VA 52 was renumbered as US 460 (after VDOH requested US 86 first) from Petersburg to Suffolk and only the piece below Suffolk remained VA 52. In September 1934, VA 52 was renumbered as an extended VA 10. Today it is VA 32 except it used Saratoga Street in central Suffolk. It is surprising such a direct route from Petersburg to Suffolk was not in the original highway system, even though the railroad was already established and the towns existed. Current VA 35 and VA 10 were instead established as the corridors from the Tidewater area to Petersburg and ultimately Richmond.
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