Virginia State Route 164

For the former State Route 164, see State Route 164 (Virginia 1933).

State Route 164
Western Freeway
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length	7.27 mi (11.70 km)
Existed	by 1969–present
Major junctions
West end	US 17 in Suffolk
Major intersections	I-664 in Suffolk SR 135 in Suffolk
East end	US 58 in Portsmouth
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Counties	City of Suffolk, City of Portsmouth
Highway system
Virginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes
← SR 163 → SR 165

Virginia State Route 164 (SR 164) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as the Western Freeway, the state highway runs 7.27 miles (11.70 km) from U.S. Route 17 (US 17) in Suffolk east to US 58 in Portsmouth. SR 164 is a four- to six-lane freeway that connects the northern parts of Suffolk and Portsmouth—and Newport News and Hampton via Interstate 664 (I-664)—with Downtown Portsmouth and through the Midtown Tunnel to Downtown Norfolk.

Route description

SR 164 begins as a pair of two-lane flyover ramps from southbound US 17 (Bridge Road) and to northbound US 17, in the direction of the James River Bridge, in the Belleville area of the independent city of Suffolk. Eastbound SR 164 receives another ramp from US 17, then the freeway meets I-664 (Hampton Roads Beltway) at a partial cloverleaf interchange that includes a flyover ramp from southbound I-664 to eastbound SR 164. Just east of the interchange, the eastbound carriageway crosses over the Commonwealth Railway, which settles into the media of SR 164. The state highway has a partial diamond interchange with SR 135 (College Drive) that allows access to the crossroad to and from the direction of Portsmouth, which the freeway enters immediately to the east of the interchange.

SR 164 and the railroad pass to the north of the community of Churchland, which is served via a diamond interchange with Towne Point Road and a partial cloverleaf interchange with Cedar Lane. East of Cedar Lane, a spur of the Commonwealth Railway splits to the north to serve APM Terminals's Portsmouth terminal while the main line exits the median and begins to parallel the south side of the freeway. Truck access to the terminal is provided by a diamond interchange with APM Terminals Boulevard. Within the West Norfolk neighborhood, SR 164 crosses the railroad and has a partial cloverleaf interchange with West Norfolk Road. The state highway crosses the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River on the West Norfolk Bridge, which passes through an S-curve as it crosses the channel of the river then parallels the shore of the residential Port Norfolk neighborhood. SR 164 expands to six lanes at the south end of the river crossing part of the bridge. East of the bridge, the freeway enters the actual Port Norfolk, curves south, and reaches its eastern terminus at the Pinners Point Interchange, a full Y interchange with US 58 (Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway). US 58 heads east into the Midtown Tunnel toward Norfolk and south toward Downtown Portsmouth. Port Norfolk is accessed via ramps with Railroad Avenue within the interchange.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
City of Suffolk		0.00	0.00	US 17 north (Bridge Road) – James River Bridge	Westbound exit to and eastbound entrance from US 17
		0.84	1.35	I-664 (Hampton Roads Beltway) – Newport News, Hampton, Chesapeake	Exit 9 (I-664); no access from eastbound SR 164 to southbound I-664
		1.48	2.38	SR 135 (College Drive)	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
City of Portsmouth		2.38	3.83	Towne Point Road – Churchland
		3.73	6.00	Cedar Lane
				APM Terminals Boulevard
		5.46	8.79	West Norfolk Road
		7.27	11.70	US 58 (Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway) – Tunnel Norfolk, Downtown Portsmouth, Port Norfolk	Directional interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

External links

Template:Attached KML/Virginia State Route 164

KML is from Wikidata

• Virginia Highways Project: VA 164