List of former primary state highways in Virginia (Salem District)
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The following is a list of former primary state highways completely or mostly within the Salem District (VDOT District 2) of the U.S. state of Virginia.
SR 102
State Route 102 connected Radford and Meadows of Dan along present secondary State Routes 787, 799, and 758. The route began at US 11 within Radford city limits, where SR 177 now ends, overlapped US 221 at Willis, and ended at US 58 near the eastern edge of Meadows of Dan.
The state took over the first portions of SR 102 in 1928 as State Route 210, extending 28 miles (45 km) north from SR 205 (now US 221) at Willis to almost Radford. Since this was not quite enough mileage to reach SR 10 (now Auburn Avenue) at Rock Road (the former Southwestern Turnpike) east of the Radford city limits, a small addition was made in 1931 to connect SR 210 and the nearby SR 211 to SR 10.
In the meantime, a southerly extension of SR 210 was in progress, with 5 miles (8.0 km) south from SR 205 and 2 miles (3.2 km) north from Meadows of Dan acquired in 1930. The north end of this portion was temporarily set at Shelors Mill in 1931, meaning that 5 miles of present SR 726 (Black Ridge Road) were maintained as a primary state highway for several years. In 1932, the route from Willis was instead adopted, and a further 3.65 miles (5.87 km) were added at the Willis end. The old route from Shelors Mill was not disposed of until 1934.
SR 210 became SR 102 in the 1933 renumbering; later that year, the gap north of Meadows of Dan was filled, making the route complete from Radford.
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