Virginia State Route 288: Difference between revisions

State Route 288
State Route 288
World War II Veterans Memorial Highway
Route information
	Maintained by VDOT
Length	31.77 mi (51.13 km)
Major junctions
South end	I-95 near Chester
	US 1 / US 301 near Chester; US 360 near Brandermill; US 60 near Midlothian; US 250 near Short Pump;
North end	I-64 near Short Pump
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Counties	Chesterfield, Powhatan, Goochland
Highway system
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State Route 288 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is a freeway-standard partial beltway around the southwest side of the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area in portions of Goochland, Powhatan, and Chesterfield counties. SR 288 was officially dedicated as the World War II Veterans Memorial Highway in 2004.

Route description

SR 288 may be thought of as the southwestern portion of an "outer beltway" of Richmond, although there is no such roadway formally designated. The route begins at Interstate 95 north of Chester, and extends northwesterly through Chesterfield County and Powhatan County. It crosses the James River on the World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge into Goochland County in Richmond's Far West End area, where it terminates at Interstate 64 near Short Pump, near the northern terminus of Interstate 295.

The highway has been built entirely to Interstate standards.^[2]

History

In 1968, Congress passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968, which expanded the Interstate Highway System by 1,500 miles (2,400 km). The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) resolved in its August 1968 meeting to apply to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for approval of five new stretches of Interstate. Three of these – the future I-195 and I-664 plus an expansion of the Berkley Bridge on I-264 – were submitted and approved. The other two presumably received no further action because they are not in AASHTO's records; these are today SR 288 and SR 164. ^[3]^[4]

Sections of the road were built over a period of more than 15 years. During that time, the planned routing of the northern portion was changed substantially, and not without some conflict within the communities. The 17.4-mile-long southern portion of SR 288 in Chesterfield County (from Interstate 95 to State Route 76 near Midlothian) was completed in 1989.

Initially, the highway was planned to continue north and west of this temporary terminus to connect with Interstate 64 at Interstate 295, creating a seamless straight connection between SR 288 and I-295. This would have formed a partial beltway (I-295 north of I-64 and east of I-95, and SR 288 in the southwest quadrant).^[5]

However, this planned corridor and a river crossing into Henrico County west of Richmond was abandoned in 1988. This was due to a peculiarity in the varying powers and abilities of local governments to control growth and preserve rights-of-way resultant from the Byrd Road Act of 1932. While Henrico County had been able to preserve its corridor, there had been development of residential neighborhoods and homes along and within the intended path in Chesterfield County during the years after initial planning. Despite opposition by both Henrico County and the City of Richmond, a more westerly alignment north of SR 76 was selected. Much of the planned section in Henrico County became the John Rolfe Parkway corridor there.

Instead, a more westerly alignment was selected through Powhatan and Goochland Counties, causing a break in what would have been a continuous loop between SR 288 and I-295 at their northern juncture. In 2004, construction of this "western alignment" as it became known was completed, including a new crossing of the James River known as the World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Henrico County was able to preserve its planned corridor for Route 288 from development while Chesterfield County was not. This was partially because Henrico and Arlington County are the only two counties in Virginia which control and maintain their own secondary highways and streets. VDOT handles this for Chesterfield and all other counties, but has little control of residential development.

Exit list

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Chesterfield		0.00	0.00	I-95 – Richmond, Petersburg	Southern terminus; exit 62 (I-95); trumpet interchange
		0.48	0.77	US 1 / US 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway)	Cloverleaf interchange
	Centralia	2.01	3.23	SR 145 (Chester Road) – Chester	Diamond interchange
		5.89	9.48	SR 10 (Iron Bridge Road) – Chesterfield, Richmond	Cloverleaf interchange
	Five Forks	8.84	14.23	SR 604 (Courthouse Road)	Diamond interchange Former VA 106
				SR 2055 (Commonwealth Centre Parkway)	no northbound exit
		12.93	20.81	US 360 (Hull Street Road) – Amelia, Richmond	Cloverleaf interchange
		15.72	25.30	SR 76 (Powhite Parkway) / Old Hundred Road (SR 652) – Richmond	Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
				SR 720 (Lucks Lane)	Diamond interchange
		18.47	29.72	SR 668 (Woolridge Road)	Diamond interchange
				SR 667 (Otterdale Road) / Watkins Centre Parkway	Southbound access only
		20.24	32.57	US 60 (Midlothian Turnpike) – Powhatan, Midlothian	Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
				Watkins Centre Parkway (SR 7225)	Southbound access only
Powhatan		23.70	38.14	SR 711 (Huguenot Trail / Robious Road)	Diamond interchange; former SR 44
James River		25.24	40.62	World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge
Goochland		26.81	43.15	SR 6 (Patterson Avenue) – Goochland, Richmond	Cloverleaf interchange; no direct access from SR 288 south to SR 6 west
		27.45	44.18	SR 1250 (West Creek Parkway) to SR 6 west	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		29.13	46.88	SR 740 (Tuckahoe Creek Parkway) / Capital One Drive	Cloverleaf interchange; flyover ramps from southbound SR 288 to Capital One Drive and from Capital One Drive to northbound SR 288
		30.92	49.76	US 250 (Broad Street)	interchange
		31.77	51.13	I-64 to I-295 – Charlottesville, Richmond	Northern terminus; exit 175 (I-64); semi-directional T interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access

References

^ ^a ^b
"2012 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- Chesterfield County, City of Colonial Heights, and City of Richmond (PDF)
- Powhatan County (PDF)
- Goochland County (PDF)
^ Route VA-288 Construction - Western Section^{[unreliable source]}
^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 16, 1968). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 41–42.
^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (n.d.). "USRN Application Database with Meeting Minutes and Application Results". American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
^ Virginia Department of Highways, Final Environmental/Section 4(f) Statement Administrative Action for Interstate Route 295

External links

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[VDOT_Traffic_Data-1] "2012 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
Chesterfield County, City of Colonial Heights, and City of Richmond (PDF)

Powhatan County (PDF)

Goochland County (PDF)

[2] Chesterfield County, City of Colonial Heights, and City of Richmond (PDF)

[3] Powhatan County (PDF)

[4] Goochland County (PDF)

[2] Route VA-288 Construction - Western Section^{[unreliable source]}

[3] State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 16, 1968). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 41–42.

[4] Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (n.d.). "USRN Application Database with Meeting Minutes and Application Results". American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

[5] Virginia Department of Highways, Final Environmental/Section 4(f) Statement Administrative Action for Interstate Route 295

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 *[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/Traffic_2012/AADT_020_Chesterfield_2012.pdf Chesterfield County, City of Colonial Heights, and City of Richmond] (PDF)
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-'''State Route 288''' is a primary [[state highway]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. It is a [[freeway]]-standard partial [[beltway]] around the [[Southside (Richmond, Virginia)|southwest side]] of [[Richmond, VA|Richmond]]. SR 288 was officially dedicated as the '''World War II Veterans Memorial Highway''' in 2004.
+'''State Route 288''' is a primary [[state highway]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. It is a [[freeway]]-standard partial [[beltway]] around the [[Southside (Richmond, Virginia)|southwest side]] of the [[Richmond, Virginia]] metropolitan area in portions of [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland]], [[Powhatan County, Virginia|Powhatan]], and [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]] counties. SR 288 was officially dedicated as the '''World War II Veterans Memorial Highway''' in 2004.
+==Route description==
-==Description of route==
+[[File:2017-07-07 11 44 42 View north along Virginia State Route 288 (World War II Veterans Memorial Highway) just north of Huguenot Trail (Virginia State Secondary Route 711) in eastern Powhatan County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|left|View north along SR 288 north of SR 711 in Powhatan County]]
+[[File:NB VA 288 End.jpg|thumb|right|The northern terminus of SR 288 at I-64 near Short Pump]]
 SR 288 may be thought of as the southwestern portion of an "outer beltway" of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], although there is no such roadway formally designated. The route begins at [[Interstate 95 (Virginia)|Interstate 95]] north of [[Chester, Virginia|Chester]], and extends northwesterly through [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]] and [[Powhatan County, Virginia|Powhatan County]]. It crosses the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] on the [[World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge (Virginia)|World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge]] into [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland County]] in Richmond's [[The West End (Richmond, Virginia)|Far West End area]], where it terminates at [[Interstate 64 (Virginia)|Interstate 64]] near [[Short Pump, Virginia|Short Pump]], near the northern terminus of [[Interstate 295 (Virginia)|Interstate 295]].
-The highway has been built entirely to [[Interstate standards]].<ref>[http://www.roadstothefuture.com/VA288_Construction_Western.html Route VA-288 Construction - Western Section{{verify credibility|failed=y|date=July 2014}}<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+The highway has been built entirely to [[Interstate standards]].<ref>[http://www.roadstothefuture.com/VA288_Construction_Western.html Route VA-288 Construction - Western Section]{{verify credibility|failed=y|date=July 2014}}<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
 ==History==
+In 1968, [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed the [[Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968]], which expanded the [[Interstate Highway System]] by {{convert|1,500|mi|km}}. The [[Commonwealth Transportation Board]] (CTB) resolved in its August 1968 meeting to apply to the [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] (AASHTO) for approval of five new stretches of Interstate. Three of these – the future [[Interstate 195 (Virginia)|I-195]] and [[Interstate 664|I-664]] plus an expansion of the [[Berkley Bridge (Virginia)|Berkley Bridge]] on [[Interstate 264 (Virginia)|I-264]] – were submitted and approved. The other two presumably received no further action because they are not in AASHTO's records; these are today SR 288 and [[Virginia State Route 164|SR&nbsp;164]]. <ref>{{CTB minutes|08-1968-01|pages=41–42|access-date= November 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author = Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering |date= n.d. |title = USRN Application Database with Meeting Minutes and Application Results |url = http://route.transportation.org/Pages/USRN-Application-Database-with-Meeting-Minutes-and-Application-Results.aspx |publisher = [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] |access-date = November 10, 2016}}</ref>
 Sections of the road were built over a period of more than 15 years. During that time, the planned routing of the northern portion was changed substantially, and not without some conflict within the communities. The 17.4-mile-long southern portion of SR 288 in [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]] (from [[Interstate 95 (Virginia)|Interstate 95]] to [[State Route 76 (Virginia)|State Route 76]] near [[Midlothian, Virginia|Midlothian]]) was completed in 1989.
-Initially, the highway was planned to continue north and west of this temporary terminus to connect with [[Interstate 64 (Virginia)|Interstate 64]] at [[Interstate 295 (Virginia)|Interstate 295]], creating a seamless straight connection between SR 288 and I-295. This would have formed a partial [[beltway]] (I-295 north of I-64 and west of I-95, and SR 288 in the southwest quadrant).<ref>[[Virginia Department of Highways]], [http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Richmond_Beltway_XL.jpg Final Environmental/Section 4(f) Statement Administrative Action for Interstate Route 295]</ref> There is however no evidence that it was to be an Interstate.
+Initially, the highway was planned to continue north and west of this temporary terminus to connect with [[Interstate 64 (Virginia)|Interstate 64]] at [[Interstate 295 (Virginia)|Interstate 295]], creating a seamless straight connection between SR 288 and I-295. This would have formed a partial [[beltway]] (I-295 north of I-64 and east of I-95, and SR 288 in the southwest quadrant).<ref>[[Virginia Department of Highways]], [http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Richmond_Beltway_XL.jpg Final Environmental/Section 4(f) Statement Administrative Action for Interstate Route 295]</ref>
-However, this planned corridor and a river crossing into [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]] west of Richmond was abandoned in 1988.  This was due to a peculiarity in the varying powers and abilities of local governments to control growth and preserve [[Right-of-way (transportation)|rights-of-way]] resultant from the [[Byrd Road Act|Byrd Road Act of 1932]]. While Henrico County had been able to preserve its corridor, there had been development of residential neighborhoods and homes along and within the intended path in Chesterfield County during the years after initial planning. Despite opposition by both Henrico County and the City of Richmond, a more westerly alignment north of VA-76 was selected. Much of the planned section in Henrico County became the [[John Rolfe Parkway]] corridor there.
+However, this planned corridor and a river crossing into [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]] west of Richmond was abandoned in 1988.  This was due to a peculiarity in the varying powers and abilities of local governments to control growth and preserve [[Right-of-way (transportation)|rights-of-way]] resultant from the [[Byrd Road Act|Byrd Road Act of 1932]]. While Henrico County had been able to preserve its corridor, there had been development of residential neighborhoods and homes along and within the intended path in Chesterfield County during the years after initial planning. Despite opposition by both Henrico County and the City of Richmond, a more westerly alignment north of SR 76 was selected. Much of the planned section in Henrico County became the [[John Rolfe Parkway]] corridor there.
 Instead, a more westerly alignment was selected through [[Powhatan County, Virginia|Powhatan]] and [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland]] Counties, causing a break in what would have been a continuous loop between SR 288 and I-295 at their northern juncture. In 2004, construction of this "western alignment" as it became known was completed, including a new crossing of the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] known as the [[World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge (Virginia)|World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge]].
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 ==Exit list==
+{{Mileposts}}
+All exits are unnumbered.
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 |cspan=13
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+|location=none
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 |mile=0.00
-|road={{jct|state=VA|I|95|name1=Richmond&ndash;Petersburg Turnpike|city1=Richmond|city2=Petersburg}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|I|95|city1=Richmond|city2=Petersburg}}
-|notes=Southern terminus; Exit 62 (I-95); trumpet interchange
+|notes=Southern terminus; exit 62 (I-95); trumpet interchange
 }}
 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=0.48
-|road={{jct|state=VA|US|1|US|301|name2=Jefferson Davis Highway}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|US|1|US|301|name2=[[Jefferson Davis Highway]]}}
 |notes=Cloverleaf interchange
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 {{VAint
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 |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|145|name1=Chester Road|city1=Chester}}
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 {{VAint
-|location=Chesterfield Court House
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 |mile=5.89
 |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|10|name1=Iron Bridge Road|city1=Chesterfield|city2=Richmond}}
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 |mile=8.84
-|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|604|name1=Courthouse Road}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|604|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Courthouse Road}}
-|notes=Diamond interchange
+|notes=Diamond interchange Former VA 106
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
-|location_special=[[Brandermill]]
-|lspan=4
 |mile=
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-|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|2055|name1=Commonwealth Centre Parkway}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|2055|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Commonwealth Centre Parkway}}
-|notes=Partial trumpet interchange; no northbound exit
+|notes=no northbound exit
 }}
 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=12.93
-|road={{jct|state=VA|US|360|name1=Hull Street Road|city1=Richmond|city2=Amelia}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|US|360|name1=Hull Street Road|city1=Amelia|city2=Richmond}}
-|notes=Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
+|notes=Cloverleaf interchange
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=15.72
-|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|76|name1=Powhite Parkway|road=Old Hundred Road|city1=Richmond}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|76|name1=Powhite Parkway|road|Old Hundred Road (SR 652)|city1=Richmond}}
 |notes=Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=
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+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|720|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Lucks Lane}}
 |notes=Diamond interchange
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 {{VAint
-|location=Midlothian
+|location=none
-|lspan=4
 |mile=18.47
-|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|668|name1=Woolridge Road}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|668|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Woolridge Road}}
 |notes=Diamond interchange
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=
+|type=incomplete
-|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|667|name1=Otterdale Road|road=Watkins Centre Parkway}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|667|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Otterdale Road|road|Watkins Centre Parkway<!--does this have a SR number?-->}}
-|notes=Southbound exit and entrance
+|notes=Southbound access only
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=20.24
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+|road={{jct|state=VA|US|60|name1=[[Manchester Turnpike|Midlothian Turnpike]]|city1=Powhatan|city2=Midlothian}}
 |notes=Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
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-|road=Watkins Centre Parkway
+|road=Watkins Centre Parkway (SR 7225)
-|notes=Southbound exit and entrance
+|notes=Southbound access only
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 {{VAint
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 |location=none
 |mile=23.70
-|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|711|name1=Huguenot Trail|road=Robious Road}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|711|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Huguenot Trail / Robious Road}}
-|notes=Diamond interchange
+|notes=Diamond interchange; former [[Virginia State Route 44 (1933-1952)|SR 44]]
 }}
 {{jctbridge|river=[[James River]]|mile=25.24|bridge=[[World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge (Virginia)|World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge]]}}
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 |county=Goochland
 |cspan=5
-|location=Manakin-Sabot
+|location=none
-|lspan=3
 |mile=26.81
+|type=incomplete
-|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|6|name1=Patterson Avenue|city1=Richmond|city2=Goochland}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|6|name1=Patterson Avenue|city1=Goochland|city2=Richmond}}
-|notes=Cloverleaf interchange; no southbound exit to westbound SR 6
+|notes=Cloverleaf interchange; no direct access from SR 288 south to SR 6 west
 }}
 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=27.45
-|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|1250|SR|6|to2=y|dir2=west|name1=West Creek Parkway}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|1250|county1=Goochland|name1=West Creek Parkway|to2=to|SR|6|dir2=west}}
 |notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange
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 {{VAint
+|location=none
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+|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|740|county1=Goochland|name1=Tuckahoe Creek Parkway|road|Capital One Drive}}
-|notes=Cloverleaf interchange; flyover ramps from southbound SR 288 to Capitol One Drive and from Capital One Drive to northbound SR 288
+|notes=Cloverleaf interchange; flyover ramps from southbound SR 288 to Capital One Drive and from Capital One Drive to northbound SR 288
 }}
 {{VAint
-|location=Short Pump
+|location=none
-|lspan=2
 |mile=30.92
 |road={{jct|state=VA|US|250|name1=Broad Street}}
-|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange
+|notes=interchange
 }}
 {{VAint
+|location=none
 |mile=31.77
-|road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|I|295|to2=y|city1=Richmond|city2=Charlottesville}}
+|road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|to2=to|I|295|city1=Charlottesville|city2=Richmond}}
-|notes=Northern terminus; Exit 175 (I-64); [[semi-directional T interchange]]
+|notes=Northern terminus; exit 175 (I-64); [[semi-directional T interchange]]
 }}
-{{jctbtm}}
+{{jctbtm|keys=incomplete}}
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
+{{commonscat|Virginia State Route 288}}
 {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
 *[http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va281-300.htm#va288 Virginia Highways Project: VA 288]