U.S. Route 58

U.S. Route 58
Route information
Maintained by TDOT and VDOT
Length:	508 mi[1] (818 km)
Existed:	1931[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 25E / SR 32 / SR 383 at Cumberland Gap, TN
	US 23 in Duffield, VA I‑81 in Bristol, VA I‑77 near Hillsville, VA US 220 near Martinsville, VA US 29 in Danville, VA I‑85 in South Hill, VA I‑95 in Emporia, VA US 460 in Suffolk, VA I‑64 / I‑264 / I‑664 in Chesapeake, VA US 13 in Norfolk, VA
East end:	US 60 in Virginia Beach, VA
Location
States:	Tennessee, Virginia
Counties:	TN: Claiborne VA: Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol, Grayson, City of Galax, Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia, Southampton, City of Suffolk, City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced ← SR 57 TN SR 58 → ← SR 57 VA SR 59 →

U.S. Route 58 is an east–west U.S. Highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km) from U.S. Route 25E just northwest of Harrogate, Tennessee, to U.S. Route 60 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1996, when the Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened, US 58 ran only inside the commonwealth of Virginia. It was then extended southwest along a short piece of former US 25E, which no longer enters Virginia, to end at the new alignment in Tennessee.

State Route 383 is overlaid on U.S. Route 58 in Tennessee.

U.S. Route 58 is the longest numbered route in Virginia.^[2]

Route description

Tennessee

US 58 begins at a trumpet interchange with US 25E, just south of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The route travels northeast through the outskirts of Cumberland Gap before crossing into Virginia.

US 58 in Tennessee carries the designation State Route 383.

Virginia

US 58 enters Virginia and travels east to Jonesville, where Alternate US 58 branches off and travels to the north. East of Jonesville, US 58 intersects US 421, and the two routes stay concurrent through Duffield (where the concurrency also picks up U.S. 23), Gate City, Weber City (where the US 23 concurrency ends), and Bristol, where US 58 begins a concurrency with Interstate 81. The two routes stay concurrent until I-81 exit 19 in Abingdon, where US 58 resumes its eastward journey close to the Virginia–North Carolina state line. The route is signed as the J.E.B. Stuart Highway and the A. L. Philpott Memorial Highway. Much of the highway through the region features hairpin turns, steep grades, and load-zoned bridges.

US 58 begins a concurrency with US 221 in Independence, and the routes stay merged through Hillsville, just past the interchange with Interstate 77. Continuing eastward, the route crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway in the unincorporated community of Meadows of Dan before winding its way to Martinsville, where US 58 and US 220 share a southern bypass of the city.

Approaching Danville, US 58 once again follows an expressway bypass to the south of the city, while a business route enters the city itself. The southeastern half of this bypass is shared with US 29. East of Danville, US 29 continues north, while US 58 picks up US 360 (which begins in central Danville) and resumes its eastward journey. The routes stay cosigned until South Boston, where US 360 resumes a more northerly route to Richmond, while US 58 travels eastward to Clarksville and crosses Kerr Lake.

The route crosses US 1 and Interstate 85 in South Hill, followed by Interstate 95 in Emporia. Near Franklin, an expressway bypass carries US 58 (and, for one stretch, US 258) south of the city, while a business route enters the city. A bypass also carries traffic around Suffolk, where US 58 begins concurrencies with US 13 and then US 460. The three US routes stay merged until an intersection with the Hampton Roads Beltway at the confluence of Interstate 64, Interstate 264, and Interstate 664. US 58 travels inside the beltway and through Portsmouth and into Norfolk via the Midtown Tunnel. The route crosses I-64 once again, and continues to Virginia Beach, roughly paralleling I-264 to its south. US 58, designated as Virginia Beach Boulevard and becoming Laskin Rd. in Virginia Beach, ends at US 60, Pacific Ave. Historically, US 58 continued for one additional block to the east, ending at Atlantic Ave., which once carried US 60 and then Business US 60.^[3]

Much of the western section of US 58 is part of The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.^[4][5]

Alternate route

U.S. Route 58 Alternate
Location:	Jonesville–Abingdon
Length:	87.40 mi[6] (140.66 km)
Existed:	early 1950s–present

An alternate route of US 58, known as U.S. Route 58 Alternate (US 58 Alt.), splits from the main route in Abingdon, Virginia and travels northwest (signed west) as the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" to Coeburn. From there, US 58 Alt. travels in a southwesterly direction (signed west) through Norton, Big Stone Gap and Pennington Gap before rejoining the main route in Jonesville.

History

The corridor across southern Virginia was part of the initial 1918 state highway system, in which it was State Route 12. It generally followed the present U.S. 58 from Abingdon to Virginia Beach, while present US 58 west of Abingdon was part of State Route 10. These routes deviated from present US 58 in the following places:^[7][8][9]

• SR 10 left Virginia into Kentucky at Cumberland Gap; the piece of current US 58 into Tennessee was (in general terms) State Route 107 from 1923 to 1928 and State Route 100 from 1928 to 1933 (as well as U.S. Route 25E from 1926 to 1996).
• SR 10 used present U.S. Route 58 Alternate from Jonesville to Pennington Gap and U.S. 421 southeast back to U.S. 58.
• SR 10 used present State Route 638 and State Route 600 from near Pattonsville to Clinchport.
• SR 10 used present U.S. 421 and U.S. Route 11 through Bristol to Abingdon. From Abingdon to Meadowview, where SR 12 began, SR 10 used present State Route 609.
• SR 12 used present State Route 80 and State Route 803 from Meadowview to Lodi and roughly present State Route 91 to Damascus.
• From Danville to Boydton, SR 12 used present State Route 360 to near Scottsburg, U.S. Route 360 to Clover, and State Route 92 to Boydton. Present US 58 was State Route 44 (formed ca. 1930) from Danville to Clarksville, and from Clarksville to Boydton it was initially part of State Route 1, renumbered State Route 31 in the 1923 renumbering, State Route 324 from soon after 1923 to 1927, part of State Route 201 from 1927 to 1928,^[10] and State Route 400 from 1928 to 1933.
• From Suffolk to Portsmouth, SR 12 used present State Route 337.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi[6]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tennessee	Claiborne	​	0.0	0.0	US 25E (SR 32) – Harrogate, TN, Tazewell, TN, Middlesboro, KY	interchange
		Cumberland Gap			Cumberland Gap
			0.6 0.00	0.97 0.00	Tennessee–Virginia state line
Virginia	Lee	​			SR 687 (Dr. Thomas Walker Road) to US 58 Bus. – Ewing, Rose Hill
		​			US 58 Bus. west (Dr. Thomas Walker Road) – Rose Hill, Ewing
		​			SR 758 (Flanary Bridge Road) / SR 880 (Red Fletcher Road) – Lee County Airport	former SR 63 south
		Jonesville	33.36	53.69	US 58 Alt. east (Main Street) / SR 649 (Park Street) – Pennington Gap, Norton
					SR 70 south – Blackwater
		Dot	42.51	68.41	US 421 north – Pennington Gap	west end of US 421 overlap
	Scott	​			SR 638 (Powell Mountain Road)	former SR 66 north
		Duffield	53.26	85.71	US 23 north / SR 871 (Natural Tunnel Parkway) – Big Stone Gap	west end of US 23 overlap
		see US 23 (mile 20.85-2.92)
		Weber City	71.19	114.57	US 23 south – Kingsport	east end of US 23 overlap; west end of SR 224 overlap
		​	71.45	114.99	SR 224 south (Wadlow Gap Highway) – Kingsport	east end of SR 224 overlap
		Hiltons			SR 709 (A.P. Carter Highway) – Carter Fold	to former SR 42 east
	Washington	​			SR 700 (Rich Valley Road)	former SR 77 north
	City of Bristol		95.67	153.97	I‑81 south / US 421 south – Bristol, Knoxville	east end of US 421 overlap; west end of I-81 overlap; US 58 west follows exit 1B
	see I-81
	Washington	​	113.95	183.38	I‑81 north / US 11 south (Lee Highway) – Roanoke, Abingdon	east end of I-81 overlap; west end of US 11 overlap; US 58 east follows exit 19
		​	114.25	183.87	US 11 north (Lee Highway)	east end of US 11 overlap
		Damascus			SR 716 (Shady Avenue) – Backbone Rock, Shady Valley	to SR 133 (TN)
			124.73	200.73	SR 91 north (Damascus Drive) – Saltville	west end of SR 91 overlap
		Laureldale	125.72	202.33	SR 91 south (Mountain City Road) – Mountain City	east end of SR 91 overlap
		​			SR 603 (Konnarock Road) – Konnarock
		​			SR 600 (Green Cove Road) – Green Cove, Taylors Valley
	Grayson	​			SR 600 (Whitetop Road) – White Top Mountain, Chilhowie
		​	150.72	242.56	SR 362 north (Grayson Highlands Lane) – Grayson Highlands State Park
		​			SR 743 (Rugby Road)	to NC 194
		Volney	158.47	255.03	SR 16 north (Troutdale Highway) – Troutdale, Marion	west end of SR 16 overlap
		Mouth of Wilson	162.46	261.45	SR 16 south (Jefferson Highway) – Jefferson	east end of SR 16 overlap
		​			SR 93 south (County Line Road) – NC line, Sparta
		Independence	175.15	281.88	US 21 south / US 221 – Wytheville, Sparta	west end of US 221 overlap
		​	177.90	286.30	SR 274 east (Riverside Drive) to SR 94 – Fries
		Reavistown	186.58	300.27	SR 94 north (Riverside Drive) – Fries
	City of Galax		189.71	305.31	SR 89 south (Main Street)
					SR 89 Truck south (Meadow Street)
	Carroll	​	199.98	321.84	I‑77 – Wytheville, Charlotte	I-77 exit 14
		Hillsville			US 58 Bus. east / US 221 north – Hillsville	interchange; east end of US 221 overlap
					US 52 – Hillsville, Fancy Gap	interchange
		​			US 58 Bus. west – Hillsville, Dublin	interchange
	Floyd	No major junctions
	Patrick	​	222.09	357.42	US 58 Bus. east (J.E.B. Stuart Highway) – Meadows of Dan, Blue Ridge Parkway
		Meadows of Dan	223.99	360.48	US 58 Bus. west / SR 795 (J.E.B. Stuart Highway / Mabry Mill Road) – Meadows of Dan, Blue Ridge Parkway
					SR 758 (Willis Road) – Willis	former SR 102 north
		Cruzes Store	234.87	377.99	SR 8 north (Woolwine Highway) – Floyd, Philpott Dam	west end of SR 8 overlap
		Stuart	236.88	381.22	SR 8 south / US 58 Bus. east (West Blue Ridge Street) – Stuart	east end of SR 8 overlap
			237.74	382.61	SR 1025 – Stuart	interchange
			238.43	383.72	US 58 Bus. west (East Blue Ridge Street) / SR 830 (Morrison Lane) to SR 8 south – Stuart
		​			SR 626 (Abram Penn Highway) – Reynolds Homestead	former SR 105 north
	Henry	​	260.87	419.83	US 220 north / US 58 Bus. east – Martinsville, Roanoke	interchange; west end of US 220 overlap
		​			SR 641 (Joseph Martin Highway)	interchange
		​	264.36	425.45	US 220 south / US 220 Bus. north – Martinsville, Greensboro	interchange; east end of US 220 overlap
		​	267.01	429.71	SR 650 (Irisburg Road)	interchange
		​	270.93	436.02	US 58 Bus. west – Martinsville	interchange
		Axton			SR 610 (Axton Road) / SR 647 (Mountain Valley Road) – Aiken Summit, Sandy Level, Eden, NC	former SR 107 south
	Pittsylvania	​	285.06	458.76	US 58 Bus. east – Danville	interchange
		​	287.57	462.80	SR 1260 (Oak Ridge Farms Road)	interchange
	City of Danville		292.32	470.44	US 29 south / US 29 Bus. north / I‑785 south – Danville, Greensboro	interchange; west end of US 29 overlap; western end of future I-785 overlap
					Corning Drive	interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			293.44	472.25	Elizabeth Street	right-in/right-out intersection with no direct access across US 58
			296.07	476.48	SR 86 (South Main Street) – Yanceyville, Chapel Hill	interchange
			297.92	479.46	SR 737 (Goodyear Boulevard)	interchange
					River Park Drive - Dan Daniel Memorial Park	interchange
			299.28	481.64	US 29 north (Danville Expressway) / US 360 west / US 58 Bus. west / I‑785 south – Lynchburg, Danville	interchange; east end of US 29 overlap; west end of US 360 overlap; future northern terminus of I-785
	Pittsylvania	​	304.53	490.09	SR 62 south (Milton Highway) / SR 726 north (Ringgold Depot Road) – Milton, NC
	Halifax	Delila	311.33	501.04	SR 119 south (Calvary Road) / SR 694 north (Medley Road)
		South Boston (Riverdale)	327.16	526.51	US 501 (Huell Matthews Highway) – South Boston, Roxboro, NC	west end of US 501 Truck overlap
​		327.86	527.64	US 360 east / US 501 Truck north – Richmond, Speedway	east end of US 360 / US 501 Truck overlap
Mecklenburg	Sandy Fork	344.38	554.23	SR 49 south – Virgilina	west end of SR 49 overlap
	Puryear Corner	345.64	556.25	US 58 Bus. east – Clarksville, Town of Clarksville Historic District
	Clarksville	347.10	558.60	US 15 – Clarksville, Oxford, NC	interchange
	​	349.52	562.50	US 15 / US 58 Bus. west / SR 49 north – Clarksville, Chase City	interchange; east end of SR 49 overlap
	​			SR 364 south – Occoneechee State Park
	Boydton			US 58 Bus. east (Skipwith Road) / SR 688 – Skipwith, Boydton, Town of Boydton Historic District
	​	358.72	577.30	SR 92 – Chase City, Boydton
	​			US 58 Bus. west – Town of Boydton Historic District
	​			SR 368 / SR 883 (Herbert Drive) – Mecklenburg Correctional Center
	​	364.51	586.62	SR 4 south (Buggs Island Road) / SR 674 (Wooden Bridge Road) – Kerr Dam
	Big Fork	368.74	593.43	US 1 south – Raleigh, NC	west end of US 1 overlap
	​	371.89	598.50	US 1 north / US 58 Bus. east / SR 780 – South Hill	east end of US 1 overlap
	South Hill			SR 903 – South Hill	interchange; to NC 903
		375.45	604.23	US 58 Bus. west (Atlantic Street) / SR 643 (Country Lane) to US 1 north / SR 47 north – South Hill, Chase City
		375.69	604.61	I‑85 – Petersburg, Durham	I-85 exit 12
	La Crosse			SR 618 (Country Club Road / North Main Street) – La Crosse Business District	former SR 138 south
Brunswick	​			SR 659 (Main Street)	former SR 139 south
	Lawrenceville			US 58 Bus. east / SR 46	interchange; west end of SR 46 Truck overlap
	​			US 58 Bus. west / SR 46 Truck north – Lawrenceville, St. Pauls College, Blackstone	interchange; east end of SR 46 Truck overlap
	​			SR 670 (Airport Drive) – Lawrenceville Airport	former SR 140 south
	Edgerton			SR 712 (Old Stage Road / Brooks Crossing Road)	former SR 140 north
Greensville	No major junctions
City of Emporia				SR 619 (Purdy Road / Wiggins Road)	former SR 88 west
		410.74	661.02	I‑95 – Richmond, Rocky Mount, NC	I-95 exit 11
				US 58 Bus. east – Emporia
		411.58	662.37	US 301 – Emporia	interchange
		412.22	663.40	SR 614 (Reese Street)	interchange
		412.71	664.19	SR 611 (Davis Street)	interchange
		413.36	665.24	US 58 Bus. west – Emporia
Greensville	No major junctions
Southampton	​			SR 308 north (Three Creeks Road) – Sussex CH, Southampton Correctional Farm, Deerfield Correctional Center
	​	436.82	702.99	SR 35 (US 58 Bus. east) – Boykins, Courtland
	​	440.28	708.56	US 58 Bus. west – Courtland
	​	442.78	712.59	US 58 Bus. east (Camp Parkway) – Downtown Franklin
	​			SR 671 (Armory Drive) – Downtown Franklin	interchange
	​	446.52	718.60	US 258 south / US 258 Bus. north – Franklin, Murfreesboro	interchange; west end of US 258 overlap
	​			SR 714 (Pretlow Street)	interchange; former SR 189
City of Suffolk		450.81	725.51	US 258 north / SR 189 south – Windsor, Smithfield	interchange; east end of US 258 overlap; west end of SR 189 overlap
		452.00	727.42	SR 272 west (South Quay Road)
		456.17	734.13	SR 189 north (South Quay Road) – Holland	east end of SR 189 overlap
		457.28	735.92	US 58 Bus. west – Holland, Franklin	interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		465.62	749.34	US 13 south to SR 32 – Ahoskie, NC, Edenton, NC	interchange; west end of US 13 overlap
				US 58 Bus. east (Holland Road) – Downtown Suffolk
		467.03	751.61	SR 604 (Pitchkettle Road)	interchange
		468.91	754.64	US 460 west (US 460 Bus. east) – Petersburg, Downtown Suffolk	interchange; west end of US 460 overlap
		469.84	756.13	SR 10 / SR 32 – Smithfield, Newport News, Downtown Suffolk	interchange
		471.71	759.14	SR 642 (Wilroy Road)	interchange
		474.01	762.85	US 13 Bus. south / US 58 Bus. west / US 460 Bus. west – Downtown Suffolk	interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
City of Chesapeake		479.88	772.29	I‑664 / US 13 north / US 460 east (Hampton Roads Beltway) to I‑64 / I‑264 east – Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, Richmond, Norfolk, Virginia Beach	I-664 exit 13; east end of US 13 / US 460 overlap (eastbound); west end of US 460 Alt. overlap (eastbound)
		480.52	773.32	SR 191 (Jolliff Road) to US 13 north / US 460 east / South Military Highway	east end of US 13 / US 460 overlap (westbound); west end of US 460 Alt. overlap (westbound)
City of Portsmouth		484.03	778.97	SR 239 (Victory Boulevard)
		484.31	779.42	US 460 Alt. / SR 337 (Portsmouth Boulevard) to SR 337 Alt. east	east end of US 460 Alt. overlap
		485.71	781.67	US 17 (Frederick Boulevard) to I‑264
				To US 17 north / High Street
		486.62	783.14	SR 337 Alt. west (Harbor Drive)	interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of SR 337 Alt. overlap
		486.62	783.14	SR 141 south (London Boulevard) – Downtown Portsmouth	interchange
				Port Norfolk	interchange
		487.39	784.38	SR 164 west to I‑664 – Suffolk, Newport News	interchange
Elizabeth River				Midtown Tunnel
City of Norfolk		489.20	787.29	SR 337 east (Hampton Boulevard) / Brambleton Avenue – Chelsea, NS Railway Lambert's Point Docks, Old Dominion University, Naval Station Norfolk	interchange; east end of SR 337 Alt. overlap; west end of SR 337 overlap
		490.29	789.05	SR 337 west (Brambleton Avenue) to I‑264	east end of SR 337 overlap
				US 460 (Church Street)
		491.47	790.94	SR 168 (Tidewater Drive) to I‑264 east
				SR 166 (Park Avenue)
		492.96	793.34	To I‑264 / Ballentine Boulevard (SR 405 south)
		495.19	796.93	US 13 (Military Highway)	interchange
		495.98	798.20	SR 165 (Kempsville Road)
Norfolk–Virginia Beach city line				SR 403 (North Newtown Road) to I‑64 / I‑264
City of Virginia Beach		498.24	801.84	SR 190 (Witchduck Road) to I‑264
		499.35	803.63	SR 225 (Independence Boulevard)
				To I‑264 / Rosemont Road	former SR 411 south
				To I‑264 / Lynnhaven Parkway	former SR 414 south
		504.37	811.70	Great Neck Road (SR 279 north)
		504.51	811.93	US 58 Bus. east (Virginia Beach Boulevard) – Oceana	interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		504.51	811.93	I‑264 west – Norfolk	I-264 exit 20; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				First Colonial Road	former SR 408 north
		508.48	818.32	US 60 (Pacific Avenue)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       ETC       Incomplete access

See also

• Virginia Beach Boulevard

Related U.S. Routes

• U.S. Route 158
• U.S. Route 258
• Bannered routes of U.S. Route 58

References

1. US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
2. Staff (October 14, 2012). "U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program". Retrieved October 9, 2014.
3. "End of US highway 58". USEnds.com. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
4. "The Crooked Road". The Crooked Road. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
5. Wildman, Sarah (2011-05-20). "On Virginia's Crooked Road, Mountain Music Lights the Way". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
6. "2009 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
7. "Minutes of the First Meeting of the State Highway Commission Created Under the Acts of 1922, Held July 5th, 1922, Richmond, Virginia." (PDF). (150 KiB), Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January 1918
8. "VA 10". Virginia Highways Project. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
9. "VA 12". Virginia Highways Project. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
10. "Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held Richmond, Virginia. October 27th, 1927" (PDF). (188 KiB), page 14

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Virginia Highways Project: US 58

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