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Photo: The Bedford Bypass westbound approaching it end.
This was also VA 297 coming to an end for a brief time (WSTS screenshot, Dec 1969)
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| Previous VA 297's:
1970 ROUTE LOG US 460, VA 297 BUS: 0 - 0 VA 122: 1.38 - 1.38 VA 297 BUS: 1.44 - 2.82 Campbell-Bedford Line: 12.56 - 15.38 VA 126: 6.86 - 22.24 City of Lynchburg-Campbell Line: 1 - 23.24 US 29, US 29 ALT: 0.4 - 23.64 |
VA 297 #2: Appeared in September 1942 (CTB Minutes) as an upgrade to SR 624. Originally ran from VA 128 (curr US 460 Bus-Graves Mill Rd. jct) west to the Campbell-Bedford County Line, just short of VA 127 (curr SR 811). In May 1945 (CTB Minutes), VA 297 was extended west to the ECL of Bedford, replacing SR 624. In May 1946 (CTB Minutes), VA 297 was extended west to VA 43.
In November 1948 (CTB Minutes), VA 297 east was extended along Fort Ave. to US 29, replacing part of VA 128. In October 1964 (CTB Minutes), VA 297 east was rerouted at VA 126 Graves Mill Rd, turning east along new construction (completed about Sept 1965 - CTB Minutes) to meet US 29 (curr US 29-US 29 Bus jct). The piece along Fort Ave became an extended VA 126.
In December 1969 (CTB Minutes), the Bedford Bypass was built, and is shown on the 1970 map as VA 297 Bypass. WSTS (Roanoke) did a story on the opening and it was in fact posted as VA 297. In December 1970 (CTB Minutes), VA 297 was renumbered as part of US 460.
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