Virginia State Route 75

Virginia State Route 75

Infobox road
state=VA
type=
route=75
length_mi=10.51
length_ref=PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_095_Washington_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Washington County] |356 KiB ]
length_round=2
established=1940
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=
previous_route=74
next_type=
next_route=76

State Route 75 is a primary state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia, running southwest from U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 58 Alternate in Abingdon to Tennessee's State Route 44.

Description

SR 75 crosses the Tennessee state line from State Route 44 in the Holston Valley, formed by the South Fork Holston River. It crosses the low McConnell Ridge at Green Spring into the Watauga Valley, and after running through that valley for a while it turns north to cross the Great Knobs, mostly along a small creek. SR 75 enters the town of Abingdon and crosses Interstate 81/U.S. Route 58, at which point U.S. Route 58 Alternate begins along SR 75, and then ends at the intersection with U.S. Route 11 downtown.

History

The road from Abingdon northwest to Dickensonville (now part of U.S. Route 58 Alternate) was part of the original state highway system designated in 1918, [CTB minutes|07-1922-01, Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918] as a spur of State Route 10 (now U.S. Route 11). [CTB minutes|12-1922-01, page 5] It was assigned the number State Route 106 in the 1923 renumbering, and it was extended south and southwest five miles (8 km) towards the Tennessee state line in 1925. [CTB minutes|02-1925-01, page 2] In the 1928 renumbering, the whole of SR 106 became State Route 110, and extensions added 3.12 miles (5.02 km) in 1929 [CTB minutes|08-1929-01, page 15] and another 3.24 miles (5.21 km) in 1931. [CTB minutes|12-1930-02, page 5]

U.S. Route 19 was added from Abingdon northwest to Hansonville in the late 1920s. [ [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/us019.htm Virginia Highways Project: US 19] ] Thus, SR 110 was split in the 1933 renumbering; the short piece northwest of Hansonville became part of State Route 71 (which mainly replaced State Route 107). The piece south of Abingdon became State Route 77, and, later that year, the final 0.14 miles (0.23 km) to the Tennessee state line were added. [CTB minutes|10-1933-01, page 21] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 77 was renumbered State Route 75, as Virginia expected Tennessee to renumber its State Route 44 to match, but this never happened. [CTB minutes|10-1940-01, page 12]

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