U.S. Route 15 in Virginia

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U.S. Route 15
Formed:	1926 (1918 as SR 2, 1923 as SR 32)
South end:	US 15 near Oxford, NC
Major junctions:	US 460 near Farmville US 522 near Culpeper US 17 near Warrenton SR 7 near Leesburg
North end:	US 15 near Point of Rocks, MD
Virginia Routes < SR 14 SR 16 > Primary - Secondary - History

U.S. Route 15 in Virginia runs north-south through the central part of the state.

[edit] History

US 15 generally follows the Old Carolina Road, which connected North Carolina (at what was then North Carolina Highway 75) with Frederick, Maryland through Virginia. It was added to the state highway system in 1918 as State Route 2 and renumbered State Route 32 in the 1923 renumbering. In 1926, US 15 was designated along the whole of SR 32. The SR 32 designation was dropped in the 1933 renumbering, and was immediately reused on another route south of Petersburg. The number was again reused on its current alignment in the early 1940s to match North Carolina Highway 32.

[edit] See also

Spurs of State Route 32 between 1923 and 1928^[1]

• State Route 321, Zion east to Oilville, now part of U.S. Route 250
• State Route 322, Sprouses Corner west to Buckingham, now part of U.S. Route 60
• State Route 323, Keysville east to Blackstone, now part of State Route 40
• State Route 324, Clarksville east to Boydton, now part of U.S. Route 58
• State Route 325, Leesburg west to Berryville, now part of State Route 7
• State Route 326, short spur east to Palmyra, now part of State Route 601
• State Route 327, Bealeton southeast to Falmouth, now part of U.S. Route 17

[edit] References

1. ^ Virginia Highways Project: VA 321 to 340

Preceded by North Carolina

U.S. Route 15 Virginia

Succeeded by Maryland

< SR 31

Two‑digit State Routes 1923-1933

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