U.S. Route 460
West end:	US 460 near Mouthcard, KY
Major junctions:	US 460 in Bluefield, WV US 460 near Princeton, WV I-81 in Christiansburg US 220 in Roanoke US 29 near Lynchburg I-95 in Petersburg Image File history File links US_460. ... Image File history File links US_460. ... Image File history File links US_460. ... Nickname: Nature’s Air Conditioned City Location in the State of West Virginia Coordinates: Country United States State West Virginia County Mercer Mayor Bob Perkinson Area    - City 8. ... Image File history File links US_460. ... Image File history File links I-81. ... Christiansburg is a town located in Montgomery County, Virginia. ... Image File history File links US_220. ... Roanoke (The Star City of the South) is an independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Image File history File links US_29. ... Lynchburg is an independent city located in the state of Virginia. ... Image File history File links I-95. ... Petersburg is an independent city located in Virginia. ...
East end:	US 60 in Norfolk
Virginia Routes < SR 457 I-464 > Primary - Secondary - History

U.S. Route 460 in Virginia runs east-west through the southern part of the state. It has two separate pieces in Virginia, joined by a relatively short section in West Virginia. Most of US 460 is a four-lane divided highway. Image File history File links US_60. ... Norfolk, Virginia, viewed from Portsmouth, across the Elizabeth River Norfolk is a city in the U.S. state of Virginia in the United States of America. ... U.S. Highway 460 is a spur of U.S. Highway 60. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... Divided Highway is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 2003. ...

US 460 from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg west to Pikeville, Kentucky, including the piece in West Virginia, is Corridor Q of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From West Virginia east to I-81, US 460 is also part of the proposed Interstate 73. Interstate 81 (abbreviated I-81) is an interstate highway in the eastern part of the United States. ... Christiansburg is a town located in Montgomery County, Virginia. ... Pikeville is a city located in Pike County, Kentucky. ... AHDS is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission History In 1964, the President’s Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) reported to Congress that economic growth in Appalachia would not be possible until the Region’s isolation had been overcome. ... Interstate 73 (abbreviated I-73) is a main route of the Interstate Highway System, currently located entirely within the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...

History

Most of present US 460 or its former alignments was part of the initial state highway system defined in 1918. Specifically, the following pieces existed:^[1]

• Claypool Hill to West Virginia (U.S. Route 19 concurrency): State Route 11
• West Virginia to Christiansburg: State Route 23
• Christiansburg to Petersburg (including the U.S. Route 11 concurrency): State Route 10
• Suffolk to Norfolk (U.S. Route 58 concurrency): State Route 10

Claypool Hill is a census-designated place located in Tazewell County, Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  Ranked 41st  - Total 24,244 sq mi (62,809 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 240 miles (385 km)  - % water 0. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... Christiansburg is a town located in Montgomery County, Virginia. ... Petersburg is an independent city located in Virginia. ... U.S. Route 11 in Virginia runs north-south through the western part of the state, parallel to Interstate 81. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... Suffolk is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. ... Norfolk, Virginia, viewed from Portsmouth, across the Elizabeth River Norfolk is a city in the U.S. state of Virginia in the United States of America. ... U.S. Route 58 is an east-west U.S. Highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km) from U.S. Route 25E in northeast Tennessee to U.S. Route 60 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ...

Kentucky to West Virginia

In late 1921, the State Highway Commission recommended that the General Assembly add the road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 19) at Claypool Hill northwest to Grundy to the state highway system as a spur of SR 11 to provide "an easterly outlet from Buchanan County".^[2] This spur was assigned the designation State Route 11X by 1923,^[3] and later that year it became State Route 111.^[4] It was renumbered State Route 126 in the 1928 renumbering and State Route 84 in the 1933 renumbering. A 6.38-mile (10.27 km) extension from Grundy northwest towards Kentucky was added in 1932,^[5] and the rest to the state line was added in 1936.^[6] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 84 was renumbered State Route 4 to match Kentucky Route 4.^[7] The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. ... Claypool Hill is a census-designated place located in Tazewell County, Virginia. ... Grundy is a town located in Buchanan County, Virginia. ... Buchanan County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ...

West Virginia to Norfolk

In the early 1970s, the former Virginian Railway right-of-way along the north bank of the New River from Glen Lyn to Narrows was acquired by VDOT's predecessor agency from the Norfolk and Western Railway to enable four-laning of the highway through the narrow space between the river and rocky bluffs. The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class I railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. ... The New River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States. ... Glen Lyn is a town located in Giles County, Virginia. ... Narrows is a town located in Giles County, Virginia. ... The Virginia Department of Transportation, or VDOT, is the government agency responsible for building, maintaining and operating Virginias roads, bridges and tunnels. ... Norfolk and Western Railway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

References

1. ^ Minutes of the First Meeting of the State Highway Commission Created Under the Acts of 1922, Held July 5th, 1922, Richmond, Va.PDF, Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
2. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission, Held at Richmond, Virginia, November 29th, and December 3rd, 1921, and an Inspection Trip, November 30th, December 1st, and 2nd, 1921, and meeting Washington, D. C. December 2nd, 1921PDF, page 49
3. ^ Minutes of the Tenth Meeting of the State Highway Commission Held in Richmond, Va. March 26th, 27th, and 28th, 1923PDF, page 12
4. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission at Pearisburg, Tazewell, and Clintwood, Va. August 21st & 22nd, 1923PDF, page 2
5. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, June 10, 1932PDF, page 8
6. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, August 12, 1936PDF, page 24
7. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, October 10, 1940PDF, page 8