Interstate 77 in Virginia

This article is about the section of Interstate 77 in Virginia. For the entire route, see Interstate 77.

Interstate 77 marker

Interstate 77
Route information
Maintained by Virginia DOT
Length: 66.27 mi[1][2][3] (106.65 km)
Existed: Late 1950s – present
Major junctions
South end: I74 / I77 near Mount Airy, NC
 

US 58 / US 221 near Hillsville
I81 / US 11 near Wytheville

US 52 various times between Wytheville and Rocky Gap
North end: I77 / US 52 near Bluefield, WV
Highway system
SR 76SR 78

In the U.S. state of Virginia, Interstate 77 is a northsouth highway along the U.S. Route 52 corridor, serving Hillsville, Wytheville, and Bland. Along I-77's 67-mile (108 km) length in Virginia, it passes through the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel and East River Mountain Tunnel, the latter on the West Virginia state line and one of only two land vehicular tunnels to cross a state line.

Route description

Within Virginia, the milepost count begins from the south at the North Carolina border and ends at the West Virginia border.

For eight miles (13 km) in the Wytheville area, Interstate 77 and Interstate 81 share the same roadway and form a wrong-way concurrency. Interstate 77 north is signed with Interstate 81 south and vice versa.

The southernmost 7 miles involve a steep grade, up for northbound and down for southbound traffic. The southbound side has 2 runaway truck ramps. The lower end of the grade coincides with the North Carolina border, where the road exits the Appalachian Mountain region and levels out.

The entire length of I-77 in Virginia is also part of the proposed Interstate 74.

I-77 crosses the following mountains:

History

Exit list

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
Carroll 0.000.00 I77 south / I74 east CharlotteNorth Carolina state line
 0.941.511 SR 620
 8.5713.798 SR 148 / SR 775 Fancy Gap
 14.8523.9014 US 58 / US 221 Hillsville, Galax
 19.0330.6319 SR 620
Poplar Camp24.0638.7224 SR 69 – Poplar Camp
Wythe 32.1451.7232 I81 north / US 11 north RoanokeSouth end of I-81 / US 11 overlap; I-77 south follows exit 81
see I-81
Wytheville39.1863.0540 I81 south / US 52 north to US 21 south BristolNorth end of I-81 / US 52 overlap; I-77 north follows exit 72
40.2864.8241 SR 610 (Peppers Ferry Road) Wytheville, Max Meadows
Bland 45.7773.6647 SR 717
Wythe
No major junctions
Big Walker Mountain48.8178.55Big Walker Mountain Tunnel
BlandBland51.2282.4352 US 52 / SR 42 Bland
 57.3392.2658 US 52 (via SR 666) Bastian
South Gap61.2798.6062 SR 606 – South Gap
Rocky Gap63.24101.7764 US 52 / SR 61 Rocky Gap
 65.57105.5266 US 52 south / SR 598South end of US 52 overlap
 66.27106.65 I77 north / US 52 north Bluefield, CharlestonWest Virginia state line (East River Mountain Tunnel through East River Mountain)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Carroll County PDF (307 KiB)
  2. 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Wythe County PDF (208 KiB)
  3. 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Bland County PDF (97.8 KiB)

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