Virginia State Route 33 (1923-1933)

Infobox road
state=VA
type=
route=33
established=1923
deleted=1933

State Route 33 was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was first formed as part of the initial system in 1918; it was State Route 3 until 1923. SR 33 existed until 1933, when it was deemed redundant to the U.S. Routes that used it - U.S. Route 311 (now U.S. Route 220) from North Carolina to Roanoke, and U.S. Route 11 from Roanoke to West Virginia. The number was immediately reused for another route in southeastern Virginia, and in the late 1930s the current State Route 33, an extension of U.S. Route 33, was formed.

From Staunton to Winchester, SR 33 was the Valley Turnpike, taken over by the state in 1918. North of Winchester towards Martinsburg, West Virginia, SR 33 used the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike. [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-07-1920-03.pdf Minutes of Special Meetings of the State Highway Commission held at Venter School House, King William County, and Richmond, Va., July 29th and 30th, 1920] |120 KiB , page 3] Tolls were removed in 1919 when the turnpike company gave the road to the state. [State Takes Over Winchester Pike. Special to The Washington Post Winchester, Va, February 12, 1919: "Stockholders of the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike Company have accepted a proposition made by State Highway Commissioner Coleman to transfer the nine miles of turnpike in Virginia to the State without cost. The commissioner has a right to continue the one toll gate until September 1, 1919, but it is planned to abolish it sooner. By that time it is stated, there will be no toll gates on any trunk line highway extending from Pennsylvania."]

ee also

;Spurs of State Route 33 between 1923 and 1928 [ [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va321-340.htm Virginia Highways Project: VA 321 to 340] ]
*State Route 331, Woodstock west to West Virginia, now State Route 42 and several secondary routes
*State Route 332, Mauzy west and north to West Virginia, now part of State Route 259
*State Route 333, Harrisonburg west to West Virginia, now part of U.S. Route 33
*State Route 334, Greenville east towards Waynesboro, now part of U.S. Route 340
*State Route 335, Rocky Mount northeast to Bedford, now part of State Route 122
*State Route 336, Mt. Jackson west to Orkney Springs, now State Route 263
*State Route 337, Ridgeway southeast to North Carolina, now State Route 87
*State Route 338, Lexington north, west and southwest to Covington, now parts of State Route 39 and Covington
*State Route 339, Winchester northwest to Gainsboro, now part of U.S. Route 522

References

* [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va001-006.htm#va3 Virginia Highways Project: VA 3]
* [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va031-036.htm#va33 Virginia Highways Project: VA 33]