Virginia State Route 65

State Route 65 (SR 65), formerly State Route 66 (SR 66), is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 34.06 miles (54.81 km) from U.S. Route 23 (US 23), US 58, and US 421 in Clinchport north to US 58 Alternate in Castlewood.

Route description

SR 65 begins at an intersection with US 23, US 58, and US 421 (Orby Cantrell Highway) just west of the town limit of Clinchport. The state highway heads northeast through the town as 2nd Avenue, which passes under CSX's Kingsport Subdivision. SR 65 becomes Clinch River Highway east of town and parallels the Clinch River and Norfolk Southern Railway's Clinch Valley Division northeast to Fort Blackmore, where the highway begins to run concurrently with SR 72 (Veterans Memorial Highway) to the town of Dungannon. Within the town, SR 72 continues north parallel to the railroad and the Clinch River as Hanging Rock Parkway while SR 65 crosses the river and heads east as Sinking Creek Highway, which follows Sinking Creek across the Scott–Russell county line. The state highway, now named Mew Road, passes through the hamlet of Mew while passing through a broad valley on its way to its northern terminus at US 58 Alternate (Castlewood Road) at Banners Corner in the unincorporated area of Castlewood.

History

SR 65 was designated in March 1958 as a result of the renumbering of the former SR 66 between Clinchport and Castlewood. SR 66 was renumbered due to the impending construction of Interstate 66 in the northern part of the state; the Commonwealth Transportation Board recommended that all routes that shared a number with a proposed Interstate be renumbered. No major routing changes have occurred to the route since its designation.

Major intersections

References

External links

• Virginia Highways Project: VA 65

1. List of former primary state highways in Virginia (Bristol District)
2. Virginia State Route 5
3. List of primary state highways serving Virginia state institutions
4. West Virginia Route 65
5. Virginia State Route 267
6. U.S. Route 421 in Virginia
7. List of primary state highways in Virginia shorter than one mile
8. Virginia State Route 234
9. Virginia State Route 7
10. Virginia State Route 72
11. Virginia State Route 33
12. Virginia State Route 31
13. Virginia State Route 120
14. Virginia State Route 613
15. Virginia State Route 16
16. Virginia State Route 3
17. Virginia State Route 604
18. Virginia State Route 28
19. Virginia State Route 616
20. Fort Blackmore, Virginia