List of former primary state highways in Virginia (Richmond District)
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The following is a list of former primary state highways completely or mostly within the Richmond District (VDOT District 4) of the U.S. state of Virginia.
SR 33 Alternate
State Route 33 Alternate was a loop off US 33 near Glen Allen, following Old Courtney Road, Courtney Road, and Mountain Road (including Old Mountain Road, cut by I-295). It was added to the state highway system in 1928 and 1930 as part of SR 420, which became SR 4 in the 1933 renumbering and US 33 in 1937. A new shorter alignment of SR 4 was added in 1935, creating State Route 4 Alternate on the old road; this was renumbered SR 33 Alt. when SR 4 became US 33. SR 33 Alt. was transferred to Henrico County in 1942 by a state law that also added SR 161 north of SR 356.
SR 44
State Route 44 followed what is now State Route 711 (Huguenot Trail and Robious Road) from US 522 at Jefferson east to SR 147 at Robious. Most of SR 711 is a Virginia Byway. The portion in Powhatan County was named for the French Huguenot immigrants to the Virginia Colony who settled the area in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to escape religious persecution in their homeland of France.
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