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List of former primary state highways in Virginia (Hampton Roads District)

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Source revisionMay 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ18148109 ↗
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The following is a list of former primary state highways completely or mostly within the Hampton Roads District (VDOT District 5), formerly the Suffolk District, of the U.S. state of Virginia.

SR 88

State Route 88 was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The number was assigned in the 1940 renumbering to replace part of State Route 32, and SR 88 was transferred to the secondary system in 1943 and 1948. SR 88 ran from Branchville via Emporia to Purdy along current State Route 730 and part of State Route 619; SR 32 had continued east from Branchville to Boykins along State Route 195 and east from Purdy past Jarratt along State Route 608, State Route 139, and State Route 631.

SR 152

State Route 152 extended east on present secondary SR 704 from SR 10 (now SR 10 Business) east of Smithfield past Battery Park to Center Street in Rescue. Just under half of the route was added to the state highway system in 1930 as an extension of State Route 507, and in 1932 it was extended to Rescue. SR 507 was renumbered 158 in the 1933 renumbering, split between US 158 (North Carolina to Franklin) and SR 158 (Franklin to Rescue). This became US 258 and SR 258 in the 1940 renumbering, but by 1944, SR 258 was rerouted over the James River Bridge to replace SR 239 on Mercury Boulevard, and the stub from Smithfield to Rescue became a new SR 152. This designation was short-lived, as it was downgraded to secondary in 1944.

SR 174

State Route 174 was a short cutoff between U.S. Route 60 and SR 238 bypassing Lee Hall to the north.

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