State Route 84 (SR 84) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Mill Gap Road, the state highway runs 14.94 miles (24.04 km) from the West Virginia state line near Mill Gap, where the highway continues west as West Virginia Route 84 (WV 84), east to U.S. Route 220 (US 220) at Vanderpool.
 State Route 84 | ||||
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| Mill Gap Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by VDOT | ||||
| Length | 14.94 mi[1] (24.04 km) | |||
| Existed | 1940–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  WV 84 near Mill Gap | |||
| East end |  US 220 at Vanderpool | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Virginia | |||
| Counties | Highland | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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SR 84 begins at the top of Allegheny Mountain, which coincides with the Virginia – West Virginia state line and the Eastern Continental Divide. The highway continues west as WV 84, which descends the west side of the mountain to its terminus at WV 92 in Frost. The state highway passes through a pair of hairpin turns as it descends to Townsend Draft. At the draft's mouth at Back Creek, SR 84 turns north and follows Back Creek to Mill Gap, where the highway turns east and follows East Back Creek through its water gap between Little Mountain and Lantz Mountain. The state highway turns north and follows the valley through the hamlet of Mill Gap to Meadowdale. There, SR 84 turns east and follows the Jackson River through Vanderpool Gap between Monterey Mountain and Back Creek Mountain to its eastern terminus at US 220 (Jackson River Road) in the hamlet of Vanderpool south of the Highland County seat of Monterey.[1][2]
History
editUntil 1933, SR 84 was part of State Route 39. It became State Route 271 in the 1933 renumbering, and in the 1940 renumbering it was renumbered State Route 84 to match West Virginia Route 84.[3]
Although SR 39 was defined (as SR 9) in 1918,[4] its location west of Monterey was not finalized to follow the present SR 84 until 1923.[5][6]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Highland County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.00 | 0.00 |  WV 84 west – Frost | West Virginia state line; western terminus | |
| Vanderpool | 14.94 | 24.04 | US 220 (Jackson River Road) – Monterey, Warm Springs | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- Highland County (PDF)
- ^ "Virginia State Route 84" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 10, 1940). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 13.
- ^ An Act to establish "The State Highway System" (10). 1918.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 29–30, 1923). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 195.
On the morning of the 30th, the Commission proceeded to Monterey in Highland County where a public hearing was given for the establishment of the Route between Monterey and the West Va. Line. The two routes under consideration were, one by Hightown to the top of the Mountain and the other in the direction of Frost.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 23–25, 1923). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 207.
Moved by Mr. Sanders, seconded by Mr. Truxtun, that the location of Route No. 39 from Monterey to the West Virginia Line be from Monterey down the valley of Jackson River to Vanderpool Gap, thence through Vanderpool Gap to the valley of the east branch of Back Creek, thence down the east branch of Back Creek to Mill Gap, thence through Mill Gap to Back Creek valley, thence down Back Creek valley to Warwick Run, thence up the valley of Warwick Run to the West Va. Line near Frost. Motion carried.
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