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Virginia State Route 41
State Route 41 (SR 41) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Franklin Turnpike, the state highway runs from Virginia State Route 360, SR 360 northeast of Danville, Virginia, Danville to Virginia State Route 57, SR 57 in Callands, Virginia, Callands. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) officially designates the route north of U.S. Route 29 Business (Danville, Virginia), U.S. Route 29 Business (US 29 Bus.) in Danville as a part of SR 41 but the Franklin Turnpike south and east of this point is signed as SR 41. Route description SR 41 begins at a stop-controlled T-intersection with SR 360 (Old Richmond Road) in an unincorporated area of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Pittsylvania County. The route starts as a four-lane divided highway and within of its southern terminus, it has an interchange with the U.S. Route 29 in Virginia, US 29 freeway. After the interchange, SR 41 crosses over Falls Creek and a railroad on a , curved bridge. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danville, Virginia
Danville is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The city is located in the Southside (Virginia), Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River (Virginia), Dan River. The city was a center of Tobacco in the United States, tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activity during the American Civil War, due to its strategic location on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. In April 1865, Danville briefly served as the third and final capital of the Confederate States of America, Confederacy before its surrender later that year. Danville has maintained an African American majority population since the Reconstruction era. During this time, the city was represented politically by African American members of the Readjuster Party. However, this changed following the Danville Massacre of 1883, after which Democrats regained control both locally and statewide. Decades later, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hermon, Virginia
Mount Hermon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 3,966. Mount Hermon is located approximately three miles northwest of the city limits of Danville. Demographics Mount Hermon was first listed as a census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ... in the 2010 U.S. Census. References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Census-designated places in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia {{PittsylvaniaCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Highways In Virginia
The state highway system of the U.S. state of Virginia is a network of roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 2006, the VDOT maintains of state highways,About VDOT: Virginia's Highway System Retrieved September 23, 2006. making it the third-largest system in the . __TOC__ Interstate and primary highways s, totaling 1118 miles (1799 km) in Virginia, are |
Partial Cloverleaf Interchange
A partial cloverleaf interchange or parclo is a modification of a cloverleaf interchange. The design has been well received, and has since become one of the most popular freeway-to-arterial interchange designs in North America. It has also been used occasionally in some European countries, such as Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Comparison with other interchanges *A diamond interchange has four ramps. *A cloverleaf interchange has eight ramps, as does a stack interchange. They are fully grade separated, unlike a parclo, and have traffic flow without stops on all ramps and throughways. *A parclo generally has either four or six ramps but less commonly has five or seven ramps. Naming In Ontario, the specific variation is identified by a letter/number suffix after the name. Ontario's naming conventions are used in this article. The letter ''A'' designates that two ramps meet the freeway ''ahead'' of the arterial road, while ''B'' designates th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte and Raleigh, and the 69th-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. The Piedmont Triad region, of which Greensboro is the most populous city, had an estimated population of 1,736,099 in 2023. In 1808, Greensboro was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the county's geographical center, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who traveled by horse or on foot. Three major Interstate Highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSLS-TV
WSLS-TV (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States, serving the Roanoke– Lynchburg market as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Graham Media Group, the station maintains studios on Fifth Street in Roanoke, and its transmitter is located on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County. History WSLS-TV first signed on the air on December 11, 1952, by the Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, after which the station was named ("Shenandoah Life Stations"). WSLS-TV was co-owned with two of Roanoke's first radio stations, WSLS (610 AM) and WSLS-FM (99.1). It is the third-oldest continuously operating station in Virginia, behind Richmond's WTVR-TV and Norfolk's WTKR, as well as the state's oldest station west of Richmond. Rights to channel 10 were granted to Shenandoah Life after a competitive battle was fought between Shenandoah Life, WROV (now WGMN), and WDBJ (now WFIR). Originally set to fully launch on December 10, 1952, WSLS-TV was taken off the air an hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Transportation Board
The Commonwealth Transportation Board, formerly the State Highway and Transportation Board, regulates and funds transportation in Virginia. It supervises the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DPRT), the Department of Aviation (DOAV), the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the Virginia Port Authority, the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board, and the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA). Membership The Board consists of seventeen members: *The Secretary of Transportation *The Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation *The Director of the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation *Fourteen citizen members The citizen members are appointed by the Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia State Route 108
State Route 108 (SR 108) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States .... Known as Figsboro Road, the state highway runs from SR 174 near Collinsville north to SR 657 and SR 890 at Figsboro. Route description SR 108 begins at an acute intersection with SR 174 (Kings Mountain Road) east of Collinsville and north of Martinsville. The state highway heads north as a two-lane undivided road through northern Henry County. SR 108 reaches its northern terminus at its intersection with SR 657 (Old Quarry Road) at Figsboro. Figsboro Road continues north as SR 890 toward SR 40 at Penhook in southern Franklin County. Major intersections References External links Virginia Highways Project: VA 108 {{s-end 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Boston, Virginia
South Boston, formerly Boyd's Ferry, is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,142 at the 2010 census, down from 8,491 at the 2000 census. It is the most populous town in Halifax County. History On December 8, 1796, the Virginia General Assembly authorized eight commissioners to establish at Boyd's Ferry on the south side of the Dan River the town of South Boston, named for Boston, Massachusetts. Because this site proved vulnerable to flooding, it was eventually abandoned in favor of a new settlement on the north side. By the 1850s the Richmond and Danville Railroad passed through South Boston, which eventually developed into an important market for brightleaf tobacco. In 1884 it was incorporated as a town; in 1960 it became an independent city; and in 1995 it made history by being the first city in Virginia to revert to town status and rejoined Halifax County. Within the town limits Berry Hill Plantation, E. L. Evans House, Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bannister River
Bannister River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia. The river rises to the east of North Bannister and flows in a southerly direction discharging into the Hotham River near Boddington. The river was named after Captain Thomas Bannister who was the first European to visit the river in 1830 by Surveyor General John Septimus Roe John Septimus Roe (8 May 1797 – 28 May 1878) was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, a member of Western Australia's legislative and executive councils for nearly 40 years, but also a participant in ... in 1832. References {{coord, 32, 47, 28, S, 116, 28, 52, E, type:river_region:AU-WA, display=title Rivers of the South West region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan River (Virginia)
The Dan River flows in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back into Virginia through Pittsylvania County before reentering North Carolina near the border between Caswell County and Rockingham County. It flows into northern Caswell County and then back into southern Virginia (briefly Pittsylvania County, then into Halifax County) and finally into Kerr Reservoir on the Roanoke River The Roanoke River ( ) runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the .... The name of the river was first recorded by William Byrd II in 1728, during an expedition to survey the Virginia border, though Byrd did not explain the reason for the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy River (Dan River Tributary)
The Sandy River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia. See also *List of rivers of Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ... References *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) * Rivers of Virginia Tributaries of the Roanoke River {{Virginia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
