Previous VA 408's:
1932 ROUTE LOG
VA 10: 0 - 0
VA 407: 5 - 5
2000 ROUTE LOG
US 58 Bus: 0 - 0
VA 44: 0.25 - 0.25
US 58: 0.34 - 0.59
VA 279: 1.97 - 2.65
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VA 408 #1: Appeared in August 1928 as a renumbering of VA 1011. It ran from VA 10 (now 'A' Ave) Fort Lee east to VA 407 (now Broadway at 6th) Hopewell.
In July 1933, VA 408 was renumbered as part of VA 36 which it remains today.
VA 408 #2: Likely assigned as the state route designation for I-581 in the pre-construction days of Virginia interstate. It is not explicitly mentioned in the CTB Minutes but based on the 4xx routes that were mentioned, 408 fits the pattern established in association with the list of interstate corridors in Oct 1957.
The electronic search function of the CTB Minutes erroneously reads 608 as 408 in January 1959 CTB as a project
that seemed to describe a piece of I-81.
VA 408 #3: Appeared in March 1981 (CTB) as an upgrade to
what had once been part of SR 615, running on First Colonial Rd from US
58 Bus to VA 279 in Virginia Beach.
VA 408 was decommissioned in Jan 2001 (CTB). VA 408 was posted
fairly well, though all in circles and not at VA 44. Was still posted
at VA 279 as late as 2005 but gone by 2007; the circle shield at US 58 Business was replaced with a proper shield and then (per Will Weaver) remained there until its removal in 2025.
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