List of former primary state highways in Virginia (Lynchburg District)
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The following is a list of former primary state highways completely or mostly within the Lynchburg District (VDOT District 3) of the U.S. state of Virginia.
SR 126 (1928-1944)
State Route 126 was a westerly alternate to US 501 between Volens and Gladys, following present SR 603 from Volens to SR 40 at Cody and SR 761 (mostly the old Pittsylvania and Lynchburg Turnpike) from the Roanoke River south of Long Island to Gladys. The road from Cody to Long Island was never a primary state highway.
Most of the distance from Volens to Cody became State Route 303 in 1928, with the remaining 1 mile (1.6 km) at the Cody end joining it in 1929. 5.8 miles (9.3 km) of the northern segment were added in 1932 as State Route 323. Both routes became SR 126 in the 1933 renumbering, and in October 1933 the northern segment was extended south to the Roanoke River. The southern segment from Volens to Cody and most of the northern segment from the Roanoke River to SR 699 were downgraded to secondary in 1943, the former becoming an extension of existing SR 603, and the remaining 1.8 miles (2.9 km) from SR 699 to Volens followed in 1944.
SR 126 (1930-1979)
State Route 126 extended west from US 460 (now US 460 Business) in southwestern Lynchburg along Graves Mill Road (SR 1425 outside Lynchburg) to US 221 at Clay (east of Forest). It was mostly added to the state highway system in 1930 as part of State Route 319, with the westernmost 1 mile (1.6 km) completing the route in 1932. SR 319 became SR 128 in the 1933 renumbering, but that route was split in 1948, with the central piece along Fort Avenue renumbered SR 297 and the western piece becoming new SR 126.
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