Virginia State Route 257
State Route 257 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by VDOT | ||||
| Length | 18.04 mi[1] (29.03 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1933[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   SR 902 / SR 924 near Briery Branch | |||
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| East end |   I-81 / SR 682 near Mount Crawford | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Virginia | |||
| Counties | Rockingham | |||
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State Route 257 (SR 257) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 18.04 miles (29.03 km) from SR 902 and SR 924 near Briery Branch east to Interstate 81 (I-81) near Mount Crawford. SR 257 connects I-81 and U.S. Route 11 (US 11) with Bridgewater and Dayton, between which the highway runs concurrently with SR 42. The state highway also provides access to Bridgewater College and connects Dayton with the western Rockingham County communities of Briery Branch, Ottobine and Montezuma.
Route description
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SR 257 begins at the intersection of SR 902 (Tilghman Road), which dead ends at a bridge over the North River 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to the south even though the roadway continues[3], and SR 924 (Briery Branch Road) within George Washington National Forest west of Briery Branch. The state highway heads northeast as two-lane undivided Briery Branch Road, which crosses Hone Quarry Run and follows Briery Branch east through its gap in Narrow Back Mountain. SR 257 veers away from the creek, exits the national forest, and enters the Shenandoah Valley. The state highway heads southeast to the community of Briery Branch, where the highway has a pair of right-angle turns at disjoint sections of SR 731, which heads south as Community Center Road and north as Daniel Cupp Road. SR 257 continues east to Ottobine, where the highway turns southeast at its four-way intersection with SR 613 (Clover Hill Road) and SR 742 (Waggys Creek Road). The state highway continues as Ottobine Road, which passes to the south of Paul State Forest. SR 257 passes through the village of Montezuma and crosses the Dry River.[1][4]
SR 257 passes through Stemphleytown before entering the town of Dayton, where the highway becomes Mason Street. The state highway intersects Main Street, which heads north as SR 42 Business, and has a very short concurrency with the business route east to SR 42 (John Wayland Highway). SR 257 runs concurrently with SR 42 along the four-lane divided highway south out of Dayton. At the northern town limit of Bridgewater, the road becomes a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane and its name changes to Main Street. In downtown Bridgewater, SR 257 turns east onto two-lane Dinkel Avenue, which passes through the campus of Bridgewater College. SR 257 leaves the town and intersects US 11 (Lee Highway) just north of the town of Mount Crawford. The state highway continues east as four-lane divided Friedens Church Road to its eastern terminus at a diamond interchange with I-81. Friedens Church Road continues east as SR 682.[1][4]
SR 924 and CR 25 (Pendleton County, West Virginia)
From the western terminus of SR 257, SR 924 continues west on Briery Branch Road as a one-lane gravel road to the West Virginia state line.[5] The road continues into Pendleton County, West Virginia, by following CR 25 (split at a gap with CR 21 just west of where CR 25 becomes paved again) all the way to US 220 south of Franklin. [6]
History
SR 257 originally entered Bridgewater via present-day SR 1310 (Mount Crawford Avenue), but it was switched to its current routing by Bridgewater College in 1952.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Rockingham County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.00 | 0.00 | SR 902 (Tilghman Road) / SR 924 (Briery Branch Road) – Reddish Knob, Sugar Grove | ||
| Dayton | 11.85 | 19.07 |    SR 42 Bus. north / SR 1211 (Main Street) | West end of concurrency with SR 42 Bus. | |
| 11.89 | 19.14 | SR 42 north (John Wayland Highway) – Harrisonburg | east end of SR 42 Bus. overlap; west end of concurrency with SR 42 | ||
| Bridgewater | 14.62 | 23.53 |  SR 42 south (Main Street) – Churchville, Natural Chimneys | East end of concurrency with SR 42 | |
| | 17.18 | 27.65 |  US 11 (Valley Pike) – Harrisonburg, Staunton | ||
| | 18.04 | 29.03 | I-81 / SR 682 (Friedens Church Road) – Harrisonburg, Staunton | Exit 240 (I-81) | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c d "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ "New Numbers of Va. Highways Effective July 1". The Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 10, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved January 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Annual Average Daily Traffic Volume Estimates By Section of Route in Maintenance Area for the year 2021". Virginia Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ a b Google (2011-12-20). "Virginia State Route 257" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ "Annual Average Daily Traffic Volume Estimates By Section of Route in Maintenance Area for the year 2021". Virginia Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Pendleton County, West Virginia: West Virginia Department of Transportation. September 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
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