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{{short description|State highway in Virginia, United States}}
]'''Virginia State Highway 288''' is a ] ] near ]. It was officially dedicated as the "'''World War II Veterans Memorial Highway'''" in ].
{{For|the former State Route 288|State Route 288 (Virginia 1933-1947)}}
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|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=VA|I|95}} near ]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=VA|US|1|US|301}} near Chester
*{{Jct|state=VA|US|360}} near ]
*{{Jct|state=VA|US|60}} near ]
*{{jct|state=VA|US|250}} near ]
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|terminus_b={{Jct|state=VA|I|64}} near Short Pump
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'''State Route 288''' is a primary ] in the ] of ]. It is a ]-standard partial ] around the ] of the ] metropolitan area in portions of ], ], and ] counties. SR 288 was officially dedicated as the '''World War II Veterans Memorial Highway''' in 2004.


==Route description==
==History==
]
]
SR 288 may be thought of as the southwestern portion of an "outer beltway" of ], although there is no such roadway formally designated. The route begins at ] north of ], and extends northwesterly through ] and ]. It crosses the ] on the ] into ] in Richmond's ], where it terminates at ] near ], near the northern terminus of ].


The highway has been built entirely to ].<ref>{{verify credibility|failed=y|date=July 2014}}<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
Sections of the road were built over a period of more than 15 years. The 17.4-mile-long southern portion of VA-288 in ] (from ] to the ] near ]) was completed in ]. Initially, the highway was planned to continue north and west of this temporary terminus to connect with ] at ], creating a seamless straight connection between I-295 and VA-288.


==History==
However, this planned corridor and a river crossing into ] was abandoned in ] due to heavy development of residential neighborhoods along the intended path in Chesterfield County during the years after initial planning. Instead, a more westerly ] was selected through ] and ] Counties, causing a break in what would have been a continuous loop between I-295 and VA-288. In 2004, construction was completed including a new crossing of the ].
In 1968, ] passed the ], which expanded the ] by {{convert|1,500|mi|km}}. The ] (CTB) resolved in its August 1968 meeting to apply to the ] (AASHTO) for approval of five new stretches of Interstate. Three of these – the future ] and ] plus an expansion of the ] on ] – 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 ]. <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 = ] |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 ] (from ] to ] near ]) was completed in 1989.
==Description of route==


Initially, the highway was planned to continue north and west of this temporary terminus to connect with ] at ], creating a seamless straight connection between SR 288 and I-295. This would have formed a partial ] (I-295 north of I-64 and east of I-95, and SR 288 in the southwest quadrant).<ref>], </ref>
VA 288 may be thought of as the southwestern "outer beltway" of ]. The southern terminus begins at ] near ] and it extends northwesterly through Metropolitan Richmond's ] through ] and ]. It crosses the ] on the ] and into ] in Richmond's ] where it terminates at ] near ].


However, this planned corridor and a river crossing into ] 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 ] resultant from the ]. 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 ] corridor there.
The highway has been built entirely to ] standards, and it is unclear why it has never been awarded an I-95 spur route designation. This is especially unusual considering the road's history: it was initially planned to continue as an expressway connection at the terminus of I-295 northwest of the city, creating a seamless looping highway (named I-295 north of I-64 and named VA 288 south of I-64).


Instead, a more westerly alignment was selected through ] and ] 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 ] known as the ].
==Major intersections and points==


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 ] 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==
* ] (formerly ]) in Chesterfield County
{{Mileposts}}
* ] (] and ]) in Chesterfield County
All exits are unnumbered.
* ] (Ironbridge Road) in Chesterfield County
{{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/>}}
* Courthouse Road in Chesterfield County
{{VAint
* ] (Hull Street Road) in Chesterfield County
|county=Chesterfield
* ] (]) in Chesterfield County
|cspan=13
* Luck's Lane/Charter Colony Road in Chesterfield County
|location=none
* ] (Midlothian Turnpike) in Chesterfield County
|mile=0.00
* ] Huguenot Trail in Powhatan County
|road={{jct|state=VA|I|95|city1=Richmond|city2=Petersburg}}
* ] across the James River
|notes=Southern terminus; exit 62 (I-95); trumpet interchange
* ] Patterson Avenue in Goochland County
}}
* ] (] in Goochland County
{{VAint
* ] in Goochland County
|location=none

|mile=0.48
==Trivia==
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|1|US|301|name2=]}}

|notes=Cloverleaf interchange
*The abandoned corridor planned for VA 288 in western Henrico County became the John Rolfe Parkway, a connector street, rather than a ]. ] and ] lived at their plantation ] in the eastern end of Henrico County after their marriage in ]. The tiny village of Varina which sprang up on their plantation was the first ] of Henrico County (from ] until ]).
}}

{{VAint
*Henrico County was able to preserve its planned corridor for Route 288 from development while Chesterfield County was not. This was partially due to the fact that Henrico and ] 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.
|location=Centralia
|mile=2.01
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|145|name1=Chester Road|city1=Chester}}
|notes=Diamond interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=5.89
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|10|name1=Iron Bridge Road|city1=Chesterfield|city2=Richmond}}
|notes=Cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=Five Forks
|ctdab=Chesterfield
|mile=8.84
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|604|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Courthouse Road}}
|notes=Diamond interchange Former VA 106
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|2055|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Commonwealth Centre Parkway}}
|notes=no northbound exit
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=12.93
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|360|name1=Hull Street Road|city1=Amelia|city2=Richmond}}
|notes=Cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=15.72
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|76|name1=Powhite Parkway|road|Old Hundred Road (SR 652)|city1=Richmond}}
|notes=Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|720|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Lucks Lane}}
|notes=Diamond interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=18.47
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|668|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Woolridge Road}}
|notes=Diamond interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|667|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Otterdale Road|road|Watkins Centre Parkway<!--does this have a SR number?-->}}
|notes=Southbound access only
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=20.24
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|60|name1=]|city1=Powhatan|city2=Midlothian}}
|notes=Cloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=
|type=incomplete
|road=Watkins Centre Parkway (SR 7225)
|notes=Southbound access only
}}
{{VAint
|county=Powhatan
|location=none
|mile=23.70
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|711|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Huguenot Trail / Robious Road}}
|notes=Diamond interchange; former ]
}}
{{jctbridge|river=]|mile=25.24|bridge=]}}
{{VAint
|county=Goochland
|cspan=5
|location=none
|mile=26.81
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|6|name1=Patterson Avenue|city1=Goochland|city2=Richmond}}
|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|county1=Goochland|name1=West Creek Parkway|to2=to|SR|6|dir2=west}}
|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=29.13
|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 Capital One Drive and from Capital One Drive to northbound SR 288
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=30.92
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|250|name1=Broad Street}}
|notes=interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=31.77
|road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|to2=to|I|295|city1=Charlottesville|city2=Richmond}}
|notes=Northern terminus; exit 175 (I-64); ]
}}
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==References==
== External links ==
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==External links==
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{{commonscat|Virginia State Route 288}}
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State highway in Virginia, United States For the former State Route 288, see State Route 288 (Virginia 1933-1947).
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State Route 288 markerState Route 288
World War II Veterans Memorial Highway
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length31.77 mi (51.13 km)
Major junctions
South end I-95 near Chester
Major intersections
North end I-64 near Short Pump
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesChesterfield, Powhatan, Goochland
Highway system
← SR 287→ SR 289

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

View north along SR 288 north of SR 711 in Powhatan County
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, 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.

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.

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).

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

This section is missing mileposts for junctions. Please help by adding them.

All exits are unnumbered.

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Chesterfield​0.000.00 I-95 – Richmond, PetersburgSouthern terminus; exit 62 (I-95); trumpet interchange
​0.480.77 US 1 / US 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway)Cloverleaf interchange
Centralia2.013.23 SR 145 (Chester Road) – ChesterDiamond interchange
​5.899.48 SR 10 (Iron Bridge Road) – Chesterfield, RichmondCloverleaf interchange
Five Forks8.8414.23 SR 604 (Courthouse Road)Diamond interchange Former VA 106
​ SR 2055 (Commonwealth Centre Parkway)no northbound exit
​12.9320.81 US 360 (Hull Street Road) – Amelia, RichmondCloverleaf interchange
​15.7225.30 SR 76 (Powhite Parkway) / Old Hundred Road (SR 652) – RichmondCloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
​ SR 720 (Lucks Lane)Diamond interchange
​18.4729.72 SR 668 (Woolridge Road)Diamond interchange
​ SR 667 (Otterdale Road) / Watkins Centre ParkwaySouthbound access only
​20.2432.57 US 60 (Midlothian Turnpike) – Powhatan, MidlothianCloverleaf interchange with collector-distributor lanes
​Watkins Centre Parkway (SR 7225)Southbound access only
Powhatan​23.7038.14 SR 711 (Huguenot Trail / Robious Road)Diamond interchange; former SR 44
James River25.2440.62World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge
Goochland​26.8143.15 SR 6 (Patterson Avenue) – Goochland, RichmondCloverleaf interchange; no direct access from SR 288 south to SR 6 west
​27.4544.18

SR 1250 (West Creek Parkway) to SR 6 west		Partial cloverleaf interchange
​29.1346.88 SR 740 (Tuckahoe Creek Parkway) / Capital One DriveCloverleaf interchange; flyover ramps from southbound SR 288 to Capital One Drive and from Capital One Drive to northbound SR 288
​30.9249.76 US 250 (Broad Street)interchange
​31.7751.13
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "2012 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  2. Route VA-288 Construction - Western Section
  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

External links

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