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List of former primary state highways in Virginia (Staunton District)

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Source revisionMay 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ18148128 ↗
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The following is a list of former primary state highways completely or mostly within the Staunton District (VDOT District 8) of the U.S. state of Virginia.

SR 59

State Route 59 connected West Virginia Route 59 to Woodstock, continuing east about 5 miles (8.0 km) to near Mine Mountain Road in the George Washington National Forest, across Woodstock Gap from Fort Valley. The route is now unpaved SR 691 from the West Virginia state line to Liberty Furnace, then SR 717 and SR 675 to Columbia Furnace, SR 623 and SR 768 (old alignment of SR 42) at Columbia Furnace, SR 42 to Woodstock, and Court Street and SR 758 to the east end.

The portion west of Woodstock was State Route 15 in the original 1918 system defined by the state legislature. It became State Route 331 (a spur of SR 33) in the 1923 renumbering, State Route 824 in the 1928 renumbering, and State Route 261 in the 1933 renumbering. The extension east from Woodstock was added in 1930, defined as 6.26 miles (10.07 km) in the direction of Fort Valley, but only extending about 5 miles (8.0 km) by the mid-1930s.

SR 261 became SR 59 in the 1940 renumbering to match West Virginia. Two years later, the section east of Woodstock was downgraded to secondary. Until some time between 1940 and 1946, SR 59 followed Laurel Run Road from the state line to near Liberty Furnace. The part east of Columbia Furnace was renumbered as part of an extension of SR 42 in 1947, and in 1949 the remainder was downgraded to secondary.

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