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Richmond-Petersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I-295 opened in 1992, was the last segment of Virginia's interstate system and forms an eastern bypass of Richmond and Petersburg. The Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which includes Petersburg, Hopewell and adjacent counties is home to approximately 1,033,407 Virginians. Richmond International Airport is located in Henrico County. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richmond-Petersburg

Richmond Interstates and Expressways The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority was established in 1955 to build the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike. The Richmond and Petersburg areas became industrial and manufacturing centers in the early years of the United States, and in the antebellum period (pre-Civil War period) this expanded and the two cities became major transportation hubs when major railroads (Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, and Atlantic Coast Line) were built through the area. Richmond, like many other cities in the 1800s, had built a large canal system for commerce, and much of the system was filled in and redeveloped in the 1900s. www.roadstothefuture.com /Richmond_Interstate_Expy.html

Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tolls were removed from all portions of the former Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike in 1992, although the road now connects with several newer locally oriented toll facilities, including Richmond Metropolitan Authority's Virginia General Assembly created the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority as a state agency to administer (design, finance, acquire right-of-way, construct, operate, collect tolls, and maintain) the new Turnpike of the same name. Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway through the cities of Richmond, Colonial Heights, and Petersburg and along the Jefferson Davis Highway between the cities was heavily-developed commercially. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richmond-Petersburg_Turnpike

SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGNS - LoveToKnow Article on SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGNS A few days later Jackson received orders to quit the Valley and join the main army before Richmond, and President Lincoln simultaneously discovered that he could not afford to keep the divisions of Frmont, Banks and McDowell engaged in operations against Jackson: so the Valley was at peace for a time. He had soon been deprived of Andersons corps which was sorely needed at Richmond, a fact which Sheridan discovered through his spies in Winchester, and indeed Sheridan had been waiting a fortnight for this movement by which Earlys command was to be reduced. The Confederates, based on Richmond, were compelled to show a front westward to the Alleghanies, northward to the Potomac and eastwards to the Atlantic. www.1911encyclopedia.com /S/SH/SHENANDOAH_VALLEY_CAMPAIGNS.htm

Virginia Historical Markers In the cemetery is a monument to Captain McRae and the Petersburg volunteers, who at Fort Meigs in 1813 won for Petersburg the name of the "Cockade City of the Union." Soldiers of six wars rest here, among them 30,000 Confederates. When Petersburg was incorporated as a town in 1784, the town council and the courts used the tavern as their first meeting place. Petersburg served as Williams' headquarters and later was made part of the Brunswick circuit. www.historical-markers.org /distance/index.cgi?mid=154_5406

HTP o’clock, and bivouacked that night in a field half a mile west of the Richmond and Petersburg turnpike. Richmond, made a most determined assault all along our lines, and another terrible scene of carnage commenced. Crossing the track and proceeding by a circuitous route through an almost unbroken forest of pines, we reached the enemy’s outer members.aol.com /jamesmb1966/myhomepage/10th_conn_htp10.html

TravelHERO.com - RICHMOND - PETERSBURG Hotels and Hotel Reservations Petersburg, a key railroad town 20 miles to the south, was really part of the overall objective of Richmond. Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates eleven different sites associated with Union campaigns throughout the war to capture Richmond, VA. Located on the James River, just 110 miles from the Union capital in Washington, Richmond was a symbol and prime target. Also, 60 miles or so west of Petersburg is Sayler's Creek where on April 6, 1865, the last major engagement between the armies of Lee and Grant occurred. azcardinals.travelhero.com /destinations/park.cfm/parkname/RICHMOND_-_PETERSBURG

Virginia @ AARoads.com - Interstate 95 Southbound (Richmond Vicinity) Traffic is advised to remain on the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike through Richmond and Petersburg to access the southbound beginning of the Virginia to Alabama route. Interstate 95 (Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike) elevates high over the north banks of the James River to junction with the Downtown Expressway toll highway of Virginia 195. Paralleling the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike are the frontage roads of Commerce Road (southbound side) and Deepwater Terminal Road (northbound side). www.aaroadtrips.com /i-095e_va.html

O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXXVI/2 [S# 68] The regiment left camp about 7 o'clock on the morning of the 12th instant and moved with its brigade to the Richmond and Petersburg turnpike, which it crossed and took its position on the west side of the turnpike near Dr. Cheatham's house (Company K, Captain Betton, were deployed as flankers to protect our left). For some cause a gap had been opened in the line of skirmishers and I found my regiment when we again reached the turnpike unexpectedly under the fire of the enemy's artillery and considerably in advance of the line of skirmishers. We soon came upon the outer works of the enemy at Drewry's Bluff and took position in connection with the brigade on the left of the turnpike, where we remained until the morning of the 16th. 8cv.home.comcast.net /or/darl3.htm

Chapter 5, Clement: Abbreviated Pittsylvania History In 1837 Pittsylvania, Franklin, and Botetourt Counties petitioned the General Assembly for a dirt turnpike to be built from Danville by Rocky Mount, Big Lick (Roanoke City) to Fincastle, asking that the road from Danville to Rocky Mount be built at $300 per mile. In 1842 a turnpike from Danville to Lynchburg was chartered, which led by Chatham and Chalk Level, crossing Staunton River at Ward's Bridge. It was known as the Franklin Turnpike and proved to be a great artery of trade. www.victorianvilla.com /sims-mitchell/local/clement/mc/abb/05.htm

Policy Study No There is also a never-used 1953 Wisconsin Turnpike Corporation Act, which permits the incorporation on nonprofit, nonstock corporations which are empowered to construct, maintain, repair, police, and operate turnpike projects on routes approved by WisDOT, with the written consent of the Governor. While this law could be used to permit the creation of a turnpike authority, it is not suited to the kind of privatization approach being followed in the dozen states summarized in Section 11, since it does not permit the development or operation of toll roads by for-profit entities. Statistics compiled by the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association show that the accident rate on toll roads is 0.6 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles, compared with 0.9 on the (nontolled) Interstate system-33 percent better. www.rppi.org /transportation/ps203.html

Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (I-95/I-85) and I-295 The new I-95 east of Petersburg and Richmond was built from 1984 to 1992. The new I-85 section south of Petersburg was never built. The bridge crosses the James River, and the shipping channel that leads to the Richmond Marine Terminal. www.roadstothefuture.com /RPT_I295.html

Interstate 85 in Virginia The first section of I-85 to open to traffic was in August 4, 1958 with the 4.3-mile-long section from US-1 in Dinwiddie County to I-95 in Petersburg; actually this was the I-85 portion of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (RPT). I-85 traverses 664 miles from Montgomery, Alabama to Petersburg, Virginia, and the last 36 miles of the entire route opened in 1982, the bypass of Lexington and High Point, North Carolina, marking completion of the entire route in the U.S. Traffic volumes on I-85 in Virginia are fairly consistent. Portions of I-85 and I-95 in the Petersburg area also serve as a bypass for east-west Arterial US-460, and it is signed as US-460 in addition to the Interstate signing. www.roadstothefuture.com /I85_VA_Desc.html

VBHA - School - Tony Baugh. I was an accountant with the Richmond OIC, Inc. for a year and I was a traffic technician at the Highway Department for a year. One friend is the director of budgeting at the City of Richmond who I talked [to], and I had several friends that had graduated from VCU's program. You need chemistry, you need physics, you need algebra,' and several other things he named to me. Then I told him I had physics at Blackwell, I had chemistry at Blackwell, I had biology at Blackwell and also I had the highest standard of English that was taught in the city of Richmond. www.library.vcu.edu /jbc/speccoll/vbha/school/baught.html

Chapter 5, Section B--SCHOOL INFORMATION DGSC is located on the main route for local commercial bus transportation between Richmond and Petersburg. LOCATION: DoDSI is located at the Defense General Supply Center (DGSC) which is 8 miles south of downtown Richmond, VA, and 14 miles north of Petersburg, VA, on U.S. Highways 1 and 301. Richmond's climate is due to its location midway between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/501016c_0796/ch5sb.htm

Richmond - Petersburg Turnpike Authority - Virginia 1955 This item has the printed signature from the Chairman of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority and is over 50 years old. The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike opened in 1958 and connects I-95 and I-85. This historic document was printed by Security Bank Note Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a a bridge crossing the James River. www.geotek.com /rituauvi.html

Maryland Reptile Farm - Shows Merge onto Richmond Petersburg Turnpike/I-95 South via Exit 190 on the left. As you come into the Richmond area, take the I-64 West/I-195 South exit via Exit 79 towards Powhite Pkwy/Charlottesville. From Baltimore, MD/Washington D.C. Take I-95 South towards Richmond. www.mdreptilefarm.com /shows/va/richmond.asp

Battery "D" New Jersey Artillery Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-June 15. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. At City Point till June, and at Richmond, Va., till June 17. www.newjersey1861.com /batteryd.html

Interstate 95 This situation is scheduled to be fixed sometime in the 2010s when a new interchange is to be built, updated signage posted, and I-95 re-routed north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike. Some highway mavens think that this will be an inadequate solution, and want the Somerset Freeway built; others want the entire main trunk of the New Jersey Turnpike designated as I-95, as that is where most of the traffic goes anyway; however, this would bypass Philadelphia. Western spur of New Jersey Turnpike (I-95 is technically the eastern spur) - I-95W (signed as I-95) www.asinah.net /articles/content/i/in/interstate_95.html

::: Payerpath - Directions ::: Merge onto the Richmond Petersburg Turnpike (I-95 South). At the stoplight proceed straight approximately 1.5 miles to 64 West (Richmond). Take the I-95 S/5th Street exit, exit number 190, on the left toward Petersburg/Downtown/Coliseum. www.payerpath.com /directions.asp

The Bulletin Point of View 50 Years Ago That authorization began a series of events to construct what became the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (referred to as the RPT). Finished in 1958 at a cost of $76.7 million, the RPT was operated by the turnpike authority until the Department of Highways took over operation in 1973. The route became a link in Interstate 95. virginiadot.org /bulletin/2003AUGUST/point_of_view.asp

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale - 850 (PR) Page 59 Blue Spring Grove, Kentucky, where this cover entered the mails, is located in Barren County northwest of Knoxville and south of Louisville, near the turnpike and Louisville & Nashville Railroad line. We have no mail communication here since before the fall of Richmond.", posted in Federal mails with 3c Rose (65), ms. 4" (1861) circular datestamp -- not tied and possibly not originating on this cover -- additional strike of circular datestamp on back of homemade cover to Petersburg Va., backflap and large part of Danville backstamp have been removed, folds and light waterstains in cover siegelauctions.com /2002/850/y85059.htm

Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia “South of Richmond U.S. 1 is lined with tourist cabins, garages, and lunchrooms swathed in neon lights that at night convert the road as far as Petersburg into a glittering midway.” So reads a federal Works Projects Administration guide to Virginia published in Depression-era 1940. Along that “glittering midway” was the Chimney Corner Motel, located halfway between Richmond and Petersburg. “Before 95 was built, it sometimes took two hours to drive from Richmond to Petersburg. www.styleweekly.com /article.asp?idarticle=10213

The History of the RMA The pilot program was introduced in cooperation with the City of Richmond, the County of Henrico, and the Virginia Department of Highways. Initially, $2.05 million was borrowed for operating money, and $20 million was guaranteed by the City of Richmond to cover the cost of planning, designing, and acquiring the right of way for an expressway. Nevertheless, the Parham Express Bus Service was the first experiment with express transit in the Richmond area and became the model for future express bus services in the region. www.rmaonline.org /About/history_of_the_rma.htm

596 Signal Company The Richmond-St Petersburg Turnpike, by contrast, used tollbooths every few miles where it was required to stop and pay a small amount. The New Jersey Turnpike issued a card when one first drove onto it, and that card was returned at the exit, allowing one to drive the entire turnpike without slowing down. Once landed on Staten Island it seemed a long drive to reach the New Jersey Turnpike and it was dark by the time I did. www.596signalcompany.us /stephens1.html

Richmond-Petersburg @ AARoads.com Petersburg, located 25 miles south of Richmond, is located on the Appomattox River, a tributary to the James River. Between Petersburg and Richmond, U.S. 1 and U.S. 301 are merged along Jefferson Davis Highway, and they split north of downtown Richmond. Richmond is the capital of Virginia, located on the James River. www.aaroadtrips.com /richmond.html

Origins of West Virginia Place Names Rig - Shawn Simon of Altus, Oklahoma, writes, "There is a small town between Moorefield and Petersburg called Rig. for John Wolverton Blue who came there in 1838 to complete the Northwestern Turnpike from the top of Cheat Mountain to Clarksburg You're right about it being associated with the Raines, of course, but, as we were told, it also is from the wife of one of the gentlemen, 'Nelle' Raine." members.aol.com /jeff560/places.html

Best Western Hotels, Resorts, and Suites Vermont, Virginia US Richmond, VA Best Western Inn at Valley View hotel-reservations.clikngo.com /hotels/Best-Western/Vermont-Virginia.html

To Amber Grove Inn from Richmond International Airport Merge onto RICHMOND PETERSBURG TURNPIKE/I-95 S via exit number 190- on the left. [1-3] Richard E Byrd Terminal Dr Richmond, VA End: To Amber Grove Inn from Richmond International Airport wedding.thomasknighten.com /inn_from_airport.htm

Pence Nissan Midlothian - Richmond VA - Pence Nissan, VA, serving Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville and Fredericksburg areas, is one of the area's finest dealers. Please research our website for your next vehicle purchase. www.pence-nissan.com

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