 State Route 620, also known as Braddock Road, is a secondary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. In the City of Alexandria, Braddock Road runs northwestward from West Street near the Braddock Road Metro station to the Alexandria campus of the Northern Virginia Community College, just beyond Beauregard Street. About 2 miles west, unconnected, another Braddock Road begins in Fairfax County at Columbia Pike near Lake Barcroft, runs southward past Little River Turnpike, then continues westward towards Loudoun County. The road has historical significance in the American Civil War, and portions of the road were established prior to British colonization of northern Virginia. Image File history File links VaSecondaryRoute620small. ...
This article is about the idea of state highways State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139 State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. ...
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Location in Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State Virginia Founded 1718 Mayor William D. Euille Area - City 39. ...
Braddock Road station at night. ...
Northern Virginia Community College, comprising six locations in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., is the nations second largest multi-campus community college and the largest educational institution in the state of Virginia. ...
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Lake Barcroft is a census-designated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ...
Virginia State Highway 236 is an east-west surface route in Northern Virginia, between Virginia State Highway 400 in Alexandria and U.S. Highway 29 in Fairfax. ...
Loudoun County, Virginia is part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Geography and layout
Although the original Braddock Road was unified throughout its length, many portions of the original road were transected, relocated or disjointed since the original path was defined (especially since the modern paved road system was constructed). Because of this, several cut-off portions of previous paths exist, which often generates confusion among motorists (for example, in Centreville, where there is a "New Braddock Road" which is unconnected to the "Braddock Road" which leads into the historical section of the town). Centreville is an unincorporated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ...
As the road leads into Loudoun County, the paved portion of Braddock Road ends but the road continues as a gravel road into rural areas of Loudoun. A gravel road is a road which is paved with small pieces of broken rock, called gravel. ...
Among the cities, towns and other landmarks traversed by Braddock Road are:
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson) is a public magnet school in Fairfax County, Virginia, with a focus on science and mathematics. ...
Annandale is an unincorporated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ...
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Burke is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ...
George Mason University, GMU, or Mason is a Public University in the United States. ...
Centreville is an unincorporated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ...
History Braddock Road was originally composed of paths established by the Native American inhabitants of Northern Virginia. Later, British colonialists and Virginian governments developed and improved the paths into what became known as "Braddock's Road." American Indian and Alaskan Natives[1] (term preferred by the majority of people included) are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska down to their descendants in modern times. ...
Colonial and revolutionary era Price's Common, a market that operated during the colonial administration and was the site of the drafting of the Virginian Bill of Rights signed by George Mason (and after which the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution was modeled), was located by the intersection of Braddock Road and Backlick Road (at the same intersection today lies a strip mall named Bradlick Shopping Center). Braddock Rd is so named as it is the route of the English General Edward Braddock's force during the French and Indian War. George Mason For other uses, see George Mason (disambiguation). ...
A bill of rights can be a statement of certain rights that may be guaranteed to citizens or residents of a society, legal jurisdiction, or nation-state; or an enumeration of rights they would like to have or believe they ought to have. ...
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ...
For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ...
General Edward Braddock General Edward Braddock (1695? – July 13, 1755) was a Flamboyantly Homosexual British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War. ...
Civil war During the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate troops traversed Braddock Road during various battles in Fairfax County and other parts of Northern Virginia. Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: With God As Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (April 3–April 10, 1865) Largest city New Orleans...
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