Virginia State Route 213
State highway in the City of Manassas Park, Virginia, US
State Route 213 (SR 213) is an unsigned primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Manassas Drive, the state highway runs 1.89 miles (3.04 km) from the boundary between Manassas Park and Prince William County east to SR 28 in Manassas Park. SR 213 is the main east–west thoroughfare of the independent city of Manassas Park.
Route description
SR 213 begins at the boundary between the city of Manassas Park and Prince William County to the west. Manassas Drive continues west a short distance as SR 1501 to Lomond Drive. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road that winds its way through several residential neighborhoods in the city. SR 213 reaches its eastern terminus at SR 28 (Centreville Road). Manassas Drive continues east as an unnumbered four-lane divided highway that serves the industrial side of town near the Manassas Park Virginia Railway Express station.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Manassas Park.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Virginia State Route 213” is state highway in the City of Manassas Park, Virginia, US. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Virginia, State and Route, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “state highway in the City of Manassas Park, Virginia, US” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2508053. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1501.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Virginia State Route 213”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Virginia State Route 213 primary sources, Virginia State Route 213 archive and Virginia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Virginia State Route 213”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Virginia State Route 213” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.