U.S. 258

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U.S. 258 extends 68.59 miles north into southeastern Virginia from Riverdale in Southampton County to Fort Monroe in Hampton. U.S. 258 heads north from Murfreesboro, North Carolina to the independent city of Franklin.

U.S. 258 circumvents Franklin along U.S. 58 (Franklin Bypass) east and Great Mill Parkway while U.S. 258 Business runs northeast to Downtown along a 3.74 mile long course. Continuing 12.83 miles northeast, U.S. 258 (Walters Road) meets U.S. 460 (Windsor Boulevard) in the town of Windsor.

Following Courthouse Highway north from Windsor, U.S. 258 advances to Isle of Wright and SR 10 in the town of Smithfield. The second business route loops 3.07 miles east across Smithfield along Main Street and Church Street while U.S. 258 combines with SR 10 along a two lane expressway bypass to the south.

Leading southeast, U.S. 258/SR 10 overlap to Benns Church, where U.S. 258 turns east alongside SR 32 on Brewers Neck Boulevard 2.85 miles to U.S. 17 (Carrollton Boulevard) at Bartlett.

Crossing the James River Bridge northeast into Newport News, U.S. 17/258 overlap for 7.59 miles to SR 143 (Jefferson Boulevard. U.S. 258 follows an arc along Mercury Boulevard into the city of Hampton to Phoebus and SR 143 (Mellen Street), McNair Drive and Ingalls Road in Fort Monroe.

U.S. 258 originally ended at U.S. 58 in Franklin. The Virginia Department of Highways requested an extension north to Old Point Comfort via Windsor, Smithfield, Benns Church, the James River Bridge System, Phoebus and Fort Monroe to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) on January 2, 1945. Sought to provide an important military route , and to benefit tourist traffic with connections to U.S. 58, 460, 17 and 60, the change from Virginia State Route 258 to U.S. 258 was approved on June 22, 1945.

U.S. 258 Business through Smithfield was established when the bypass for U.S. 258 was completed. The American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) approved both changes on November 10, 1973. U.S. 258 was relocated to bypass Franklin in 2004.


Sources:
  1. "Unsafe Traffic Circle Replaced in 1986." Daily Press (Newport News, VA), March 10, 2004.
  2. US 17 over James River, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. BridgeReports.com

    Connect with:
    Interstate 64
    U.S. 17
    U.S. 58
    U.S. 60
    U.S. 460

    Page Updated 04-21-2021.

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