Interstate 77 or I -77 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The highway forms a north-south route through the more sparsely populated west of the state. The route runs from Fancy Gap on the North Carolina border to Rocky Gap on the West Virginia border. The route is 107 kilometers long.
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Travel directions
The East River Mountain Tunnel on the West Virginia border.
I-77 at North Gap.
Just south of Fancy Gap, Interstate 77 in North Carolina crosses the Virginia border in a hilly area. At Hillsville you cross US 58, the main road from Bristol to Roanoke. It then crosses the New River and arrives at Interstate 81. I-81 runs from Knoxville toward Roanoke and Harrisburgand I-77 is double-numbered for 15 miles westbound with this interstate. This leads to the remarkable case that the motorway runs in both northerly and southerly directions in each direction of travel. At Wytheville I-77 turns off again and you enter a very hilly area. A first tunnel soon follows under a steep ridge. The area here consists of a number of steep side-by-side ridges and must traverse I-77. The border with West Virginia is formed by the East River Tunnel. Interstate 77 in West Virginia then continues toward Beckley and Charleston.
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History
Interstate 77 was built a little later than the heyday of the Interstate Highways, namely during the 1970s. The first section opened in 1972 and was a branch from I-81 at Whyteville to Bland. In 1974 the East River Mountain Tunnel opened on the border with West Virginia and in 1975 the link between Bland and Rocky Gap opened in a series of phases, completing the northern portion of I-77.
The southern section opened in quick succession in 1977 and 1978 between the North Carolina border and I-81 at Max Meadows. This tied in with the construction of I-77 through North Carolina at the time.
Opening history
From
Unpleasant
Length
Opening
Exit 40
Exit 52
19 km
29-06-1972
Exit 66
Exit 67
1 km
20-12-1974
Exit 52
Exit 66
23 km
02-07-1975
exit 0
exit 8
13 km
00-07-1977
exit 8
Exit 24
26 km
00-12-1977
Exit 24
exit 32
13 km
04-12-1978
Traffic intensities
I-77 is a fairly filled rural highway with some 40,000 vehicles between North Carolina and I-81. The double numbering with that highway has 50,000 vehicles. To the north of it, about 30,000 vehicles drive every 24 hours.
Interstate 85 at Virginia
I-85
Get started
bracey
End
Petersburg
Length
70 mi
Length
111 km
Route
North Carolina4 Bracey
12 South Hill
15 South Hill
24 County Road 644
27 Christiana Highway
28 Alberta
34 Sturgeon Road
39 Old Stage Road
42 McKenney
48 Dewitt
53 Dinwiddie
61 Dinwiddie County Airport
63 West Petersburg
65 Wells Road
68 → Fayetteville / Richmond
Interstate 85 or I -85 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The highway forms a diagonal north-south route in the south of the state and runs from the North Carolina border at Bracey to Interstate 95 at Petersburg. The route is 111 kilometers long.
Travel directions
I-85 in southern Virginia.
Interstate 85 in North Carolina crosses the Virginia border at Bracey. The road then crosses Lake Gaston to the north and US 1 runs parallel to it. At South Hill you cross US 58, a multi – lane highway from Danville to Norfolk. The highway has 2×2 lanes and largely runs through wooded areas. Large towns are no longer on I-85. The highway ends at Petersburg on Interstate 95, which runs from Fayetteville to Richmond and Washington. Petersburg is a small town not far south of the capital Richmond.
History
The first section of the highway opened in 1958 in Petersburg and was part of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. In 1965, the first Interstate section opened around South Hill in the south of the state. In 1969 a section southwest of Petersburg opened and in 1970 the middle section of I-85 followed, which was completed fairly quickly. The Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike became toll-free in 1992, also making the short section of I-85 in Petersburg toll-free.
Opening history
From
Unpleasant
Length
Opening
exit 63
Exit 66
5 km
04-08-1958
exit 0
Exit 15
24 km
00-11-1965
Exit 42
exit 63
34 km
00-08-1969
Exit 15
Exit 42
43 km
21-10-1970
Traffic intensities
The intensity is low in the south, with 24,000 vehicles per day. At Petersburg this rises to 60,000 vehicles at the end of the highway.
