Virginia State Route 31

Infobox road
state=VA
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route=31
length_mi=24.56
length_ref=PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_091_Sussex_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Sussex County] |170 KiB ] PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_090_Surry_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Surry County] |95.7 KiB ] PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_047_JamesCity_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - James City County] |360 KiB ]
length_round=2
length_notes=(plus 3 mi (5 km) on the Jamestown Ferry)
established=1933
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
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junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=
previous_route=30
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next_route=32

State Route 31, known as the John Rolfe Highway, is located in the eastern part of the state, and connects U.S. Route 460 in the town of Wakefield in Sussex County with State Route 5 and State Route 199 in Williamsburg. It is 28 miles long, including three miles on the Jamestown Ferry.

Major intersections and points

(from south to north)
*U.S. Route 460 in the town of Wakefield in Sussex County
*State Route 10 in the town of Surry, Virginia in Surry County
*Jamestown Ferry from Scotland in Surry County to Jamestown
*Colonial Parkway in James City County
*State Route 5 in the city of Williamsburg
*State Route 199 in the city of Williamsburg

History

The first piece of the present SR 31 to exist as a state highway ran from Williamsburg southwest to Jamestown. It was a spur of State Route 9 [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1920-01.pdf Minutes of Special Meetings of the State Highway Commission held in Culpeper, Amelia, and Richmond, Virginia, May 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, 1920] |103 KiB , page 6] (roughly current U.S. Route 60), and was present in the initial 1918 system. [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-07-1922-01.pdf Minutes of the First Meeting of the State Highway Commission Created Under the Acts of 1922, Held July 5th, 1922, Richmond, Va.] |150 KiB , Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918] SR 9 was renumbered as State Route 39 in the 1923 renumbering, and the Yorktown spur became State Route 392.

The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry began operations February 26, 1925 from the Jamestown end of SR 392 to Scotland across the James River. [ [http://www.virginiadot.org/comtravel/ferry-jamestown-history.asp VDOT: Jamestown-Scotland Ferry] ]

The road on the Scotland side was added to the state highway system from 1926 to 1931, at first as an extension of State Route 351, [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1926-01.pdf Minutes of a Special Meeting Held by the State Highway Commission at Roanoke, and Richmond, Virginia, May 5, and 7, 1926] |237 KiB , pages 19 and 22] but soon as part of SR 392. In the 1928 renumbering the route was renumbered State Route 510.

Capitol Landing Road from Williamsburg to Magruder was added to the state highway system in 1932 [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1932-01.pdf Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Marion, May 25, 1932] |149 KiB , page 10] [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-06-1932-01.pdf Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, June 10, 1932] |212 KiB , page 15] as State Route 542. [PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-06-1932-01.pdf Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, June 10, 1932] |212 KiB , page 6] Later that year, both SR 510 and SR 524 became State Route 31, connected by Francis Street in Williamsburg (U.S. Route 60, formerly State Route 39).

ee also

*State Route 510Y, a spur of SR 510 (now SR 31) to Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg

References