US 460

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Larry:

Thanks for the clarifications and additional info.  The odd and even first
digits on Interstates here in Virginia sure follow your guidance on
spur/oop.

However, the last time I was on the West Coast, US101 ("El Camino Real")
sure acted like a north-south road.

Regards,

Dave Phelps

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:11 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Need to correct that: ONE- or TWO-DIGIT US and Interstate routes with even
> last numbers are east-west, e.g. US460, I-64.  Odd numbers (US1, I-95) are
> north-south. For purposes of this rule, US 101 on the west coast is a
> two-digit route number.
>
> Three-digit route numbers are spurs or, for Interstates, loops and do not
> need to obey that rule. For interstates, if the first digit is odd, it’s
> normally a spur and if even, it’s a loop but there are exception.
>
> US460 is considered a spur of US60 although it connects to it at both ends
> (Norfolk, VA and Frankfort, KY). As such, it is an east-west route. OTOH,
> US220, which passes through Roanoke, is an unconnected north-south spur of
> US20 even though it is an even number (for various reasons (see Wikipedia),
> US220 has never actually connected to US20 - but that is a separate matter).
>
> --
> Larry Stone
> lstone19 at stonejongleux.com
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 24, 2020, at 9:47 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > "US"  and Interstate ("I") routes with even last numbers are east-west,
> e.g. US460, I-64.  Odd numbers (US1, I-95) are north-south.
> >
> > Dave Phelps
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 7:06 AM NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> > There will be many others who respond to this in great accuracy, the
> Virginian crossed the New River at Glen Lynn and continued towards Roanoke
> from there. It has been some time since I have driven that route, you used
> to be able to see the bridge supports that carried the rail bridge at that
> point. As 460 was being rebuilt, the old Virginian road bed became the
> route of the East/South bound lanes ( I suppose Rt 460 is technically a N/S
> road), as you progress from Glen Lynn to Narrows, there is another river
> rail crossing which carries N&W trackage.
> >
> >  R.D.
> > From: NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org> on behalf of
> NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> > To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> > Cc: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> > Subject: US 460
> >
> > My understanding is the 460 is essentially the Virginian Right of Way.
> Going to and from Roanoke, at Narrows, there are tracks on both sides of
> the New River. Are both of those N&W, is this one of the areas where N&W
> and Virginian competed?  Do I have it all wrong?
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Mike Shockley
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