Interstate 81 in Virginia

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This article is about the section of Interstate 81 in Virginia. For the entire route, see Interstate 81.

Interstate 81 marker

Interstate 81
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length: 324.92 mi[1] (522.91 km)
Major junctions
South end: I-81 in Bristol
  I‑381 in Bristol

I‑77 / I‑74 near Wytheville
US 460 in Christiansburg
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I‑73 / I‑581 just north of Roanoke
I‑64 from Lexington to Staunton
US 250 near Staunton
I‑66 near Front Royal

US 17 / US 50 / US 522 in Winchester
North end: I‑81 near Winchester
Highway system
← SR 80 SR 82 →

Interstate 81 (I-81) is an 855-mile (1,376 km) long highway. In the U.S. state of Virginia, I-81 runs for 324.92 miles (522.91 km), making it longer in Virginia than in any other state. It stretches from the Tennessee state line near Bristol to the West Virginia state line near Winchester. For most of its length, U.S. Route 11 parallels I-81.

I-81 runs concurrently with Interstate 77 in Wytheville, Virginia for about 10 miles (16 km) in a notable example of a wrong-way concurrency: both I-81 south and I-77 north share the same roadbed there. The same also happens here with Interstate 74.

Route description

Interstate 81 enters Bristol, Virginia from Tennessee and runs primarily along the mountains of western Virginia. In some areas the road actually rises above the clouds.

Future

The state has proposed to widen its entire portion of I-81 to a minimum of three or four lanes in each direction to accommodate increased truck traffic and to toll non-passenger vehicles. Some sections of the new Virginia I-81 may completely separate car and truck traffic. Between exits 315 and 317 the state has proposed to widen it to 4 lanes for this 2 mile portion in Winchester, Virginia.[2]

Auxiliary routes in Virginia

Interstate City Type Notes
I-381.svg Interstate 381 Bristol Spur
I-581.svg Interstate 581 Roanoke Spur Concurrent with US 220, future route of I-73

Exit list

County Location mi km Old exit New exit Destinations Notes
Washington ​ 0.0 0.0 I-81 south – Kingsport, Knoxville Tennessee state line
City of Bristol 0.9 1.45 1 1 US 58 west / US 421 – Bristol, Gate City South end of US 58 overlap; signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (west/north) southbound
3.2 5.1 2 3 I‑381 south – Bristol I-381 exits 1A-B
5.6 9.0 3 5 US 11 / US 19 (Lee Highway)
7.4 11.9 4 7 Old Airport Road / Bonham Road former SR 76
Washington ​ 10.3 16.6 5 10 US 11 / US 19 (Lee Highway) (via SR F310)
​ 13.6 21.9 6 13 SR 611 / Lee Highway (US 11 / US 19) Access to Virginia Highlands Airport
Abingdon 14.4 23.2 7 14 SR 140 to US 19 – Abingdon Access to Virginia Highlands Community College
17.6 28.3 8 17
US 58 Alt. / SR 75 – Abingdon, South Holston Dam
​ 19.5 31.4 9 19 US 11 / US 58 east – Abingdon, Damascus North end of US 58 concurrency
​ 22.2 35.7 10 22 SR 704 (Enterprise Road)
​ 24.7 39.8 11 24 SR 80 – Meadowview
​ 26.4 42.5 12 26 SR 737 – Emory Access to Emory and Henry College
Old Glade Spring 29.5 47.5 13 29 SR 91 – Damascus, Glade Spring
​ 32.1 51.7 14 32 US 11 (Lee Highway) – Chilhowie
Smyth Chilhowie 35.7 57.5 15 35 SR 107 – Chilhowie former SR 79
Seven Mile Ford 39.3 63.2 16 39 US 11 / SR 645 – Seven Mile Ford
​ 44.1 71.0 17 44 US 11 – Marion
Marion 44.9 72.3 18 45 SR 16 – Marion
Mount Carmel 47.3 76.1 19 47 US 11 – Marion
Atkins 50.4 81.1 20 50 US 11 (via SR 622) – Atkins
​ 54.3 87.4 21 54 SR 683 – Groseclose Access to Mountain Empire Airport
Wythe ​ 60.6 97.5 22 60 SR 90 – Rural Retreat
​ 67.4 108.5 23 67 US 11 – Wytheville Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Wytheville 70.4 113.3 24 70 US 21 south / US 52 north – Wytheville South end of US 52 concurrency
72.6 116.8 25 72 I‑77 north / I‑74 north – Bluefield, Charleston, WV South end of I-77 concurrency
73.6 118.4 26 73 US 11 south – Wytheville South end of US 11 concurrency
​ 77.4 124.6 27 77 SR F042 (Chapman Road) / SR F043 (East Lee Highway)
Fort Chiswell 80.2 129.1 28 80 US 52 south / SR 121 north – Fort Chiswell, Max Meadows North end of US 52 concurrency
​ 81.6 131.3 29 81 I‑77 south / I‑74 south – Charlotte, NC North end of I-77 concurrency
​ 84.5 136.0 30 84 SR 619 – Grahams Forge
​ 86.6 139.4 31 86 SR F044 (East Lee Highway) / SR F045 (Topaz Drive)
Pulaski ​ 89.5 144.0 32 89 US 11 north / SR 100 south – Pulaski, Hillsville North end of US 11 concurrency, south end of SR 100 concurrency; signed as exits 89A (south) and 89B (north)
Draper 92.4 148.7 33 92 SR 658 – Draper
McAdam 94.7 152.4 34 94 SR 99 north / Service Road (SR F047) – Pulaski signed as exits 94A (Service Road) and 94B (SR 99) northbound
Newbern 98.1 157.9 35 98 SR 100 – Dublin, Pearisburg north end of SR 100 overlap
​ 101.4 163.2 36 101 SR 660 – Claytor Lake State Park
Montgomery ​ 105.4 169.6 37 105 SR 232 / SR 605 – Radford
​ 109.6 176.4 38 109 SR 177 / SR 600 – Radford
Christiansburg 113.9 183.3 39 114 SR 8 – Christiansburg, Floyd
118.4 190.5 40A 118A Parkway Drive
118.4 190.5 40B 118B
US 460 west to US 11 / US 460 Bus. – Christiansburg, Blacksburg		 south end of US 460 overlap (C/D roads only)
41 118C
US 11 / US 460 east / US 460 Bus. west – Christiansburg, Shawsville, Elliston		 north end of US 460 overlap (C/D roads only)
​ 128.4 206.6 42 128 SR 603 to US 11 – Ironto
Roanoke ​ 132.1 212.6 43 132 SR 647 – Dixie Caverns
City of Salem 137.6 221.4 44 137 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Roanoke ​ 140.4 226.0 45 140 SR 311 – Salem, New Castle
​ 141.2 227.2 46 141 SR 419 to SR 311 north – Salem, New Castle
​ 143.4 230.8 47 143 I‑581 south / US 220 south – Airport, Roanoke South end of US 220 concurrency; I-581 exits 0A-B
​ 146.4 235.6 48 146 SR 115 – Hollins, Cloverdale, Roanoke
Botetourt ​ 150.3 241.9 49 150 US 11 / US 220 north / US 220A south to US 460 – Troutville, Daleville, Fincastle, Cloverdale North end of US 220 overlap; signed as exits 150A (south) and 150B (north)
​ 156.4 251.7 50 156 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
​ 162.6 261.7 51 162 US 11 – Buchanan
​ 167.3 269.2 52 167 US 11 south – Buchanan South end of US 11 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance
​ 168.4 271.0 53 168 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Rockbridge Springfield 175.4 282.3 54 175 US 11 north – Natural Bridge North end of US 11 concurrency
Fancy Hill 180.5 290.5 55 180 US 11 – Fancy Hill, Natural Bridge, Glasgow Signed as exits 180A (south) and 180B (north) southbound
​ 188.7 303.7 56 188 US 60 – Lexington, Buena Vista Signed as exits 188A (east) and 188B (west)
​ 191.3 307.9 57 191 I‑64 west – Lexington, Charleston South end of I-64 concurrency
​ 195.6 314.8 58 195 US 11 (Lee Highway) – Lexington
Fairfield 200.2 322.2 59 200 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Raphine 205.6 330.9 60 205 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls. to SR 56
Augusta ​ 213.4 343.4 61 213 US 11 to US 340 – Greenville Signed as exits 213A (south) and 213B (north) southbound
Brookwood 217.2 349.5 62 217 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
​ 220.1 354.2 63 220 SR 262 to US 11 – Staunton
​ 221.4 356.3 63A 221 I‑64 east – Richmond North end of I-64 concurrency
Peyton 222.2 357.6 64 222 US 250 – Staunton, Fishersville
​ 225.1 362.3 65 225 SR 262 (Woodrow Wilson Parkway) – Staunton
Verona 227.6 366.3 66 227 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Weyers Cave 234.9 378.0 67 235 SR 256 – Weyers Cave, Grottoes
Rockingham ​ 240.5 387.0 68 240 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
City of Harrisonburg 243.1 391.2 69 243 US 11 – Harrisonburg
245.6 395.3 70 245 SR 253 (Port Republic Road)
247.5 398.3 71 247 US 33 – Harrisonburg, Elkton Signed as exits 247A (east) and 247B (west)
Rockingham ​ 251.1 404.1 72 251 US 11 – Harrisonburg
Mauzy 257.0 413.6 73 257 US 11 / SR 259 – Mauzy, Broadway, Timberville
Shenandoah New Market 264.6 425.8 74 264 US 211 east (SR 211 west) – New Market, Timberville, Luray
​ 268.8 432.6 75 269 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
​ 273.4 440.0 76 273 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Bowmans Crossing 277.2 446.1 77 277 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls. Northbound exit and southbound entrance
​ 279.6 450.0 78 279 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Woodstock 283.4 456.1 79 283 SR 42 – Woodstock
​ 291.1 468.5 80 291 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
​ 296.7 477.5 81 296 US 48 / SR 55 – Strasburg
​ 298.3 480.1 82 298 US 11 – Strasburg
Frederick ​ 300.6 483.8 83 300 I‑66 east – Front Royal, Washington I-66 exits 0A-B
​ 302.3 486.5 84 302 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Stephens City 307.3 494.6 85 307 SR 277 to US 340 – Stephens City
Winchester 309.9 498.7 86 310 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Winchester 313.4 504.4 87 313 US 17 / US 50 / US 522 – Winchester Signed as exits 313A (south/east) and 313B (north/west) southbound
Winchester 314.9 506.8 88 315 SR 7 – Winchester, Berryville
Winchester 317.8 511.4 89 317 US 11 to SR 37 / US 522 north / US 50 west – Winchester, Stephenson
Clearbrook 321.6 517.6 90 321 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
Rest 323.9 521.3 91 323 Lua error in Module:Road_data/parser at line 24: too many expensive function calls.
​ 324.92 522.91 I‑81 north – Martinsburg West Virginia state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  • 2007 Rand McNally Atlas
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External links

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