View source for Virginia State Route 36

{{Short description|State highway in eastern Virginia, US}}
{{Hatnote|For the former State Route 36, see [[State Route 36 (Virginia 1923-1933)]].}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=VA
|type=VA
|route=36
|length_mi=16.70
|length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/>
|length_round=2
|map=VA 36 map.svg
|established=July&nbsp;1, 1933<ref>{{cite news |title=New Numbers of Va. Highways Effective July 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42704631/va_route_changes_may_10_1933/ |access-date=January 21, 2020 |work=The Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=May 10, 1933 |page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=VA|Sec|602|county1=Chesterfield|Sec|669|county2=Chesterfield}} near [[Matoaca, Virginia|Matoaca]]
|junction=
*{{jct|state=VA|US|1|US|301}} in [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]]
*{{jct|state=VA|I|85|I|95}} in Petersburg
*{{jct|state=VA|SR|144}} in [[Fort Gregg-Adams]]
*{{jct|state=VA|I|295}} in [[Hopewell, Virginia|Hopewell]]
*{{jct|state=VA|SR|156}} in Hopewell
|terminus_b={{jct|state=VA|SR|10}} in Hopewell
|counties=[[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]], [[Petersburg, Virginia|City of Petersburg]], [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George]], [[Hopewell, Virginia|City of Hopewell]]
|previous_type=VA
|previous_route=35
|next_type=VA
|next_route=37
}}

'''State Route 36''' ('''SR 36''') is a [[state highway]] in the U.S. state of [[Virginia]].  The state highway runs {{convert|16.70|mi|km}} from SR 602 and SR 669 near [[Matoaca, Virginia|Matoaca]] east to [[Virginia State Route 10|SR 10]] in [[Hopewell, Virginia|Hopewell]].  SR 36 is the main highway between [[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]] and [[Hopewell, Virginia|Hopewell]]; within each [[independent city (United States)|independent city]], the state highway follows a complicated path.  The state highway connects those cities with [[Ettrick, Virginia|Ettrick]] in southern [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]] and [[Fort Gregg-Adams]] and [[Petersburg National Battlefield]] in [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George County]].

==Route description==
[[File:2017-07-07 17 27 38 View east along Virginia State Route 36 (Oaklawn Boulevard) at Colonial Corner Drive in Hopewell, Virginia.jpg|thumb|right|View east along SR 36 in Hopewell]]
[[File:A view in Petersburg (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|SR 36 being erroneously signed as a U. S. highway in Petersburg]]
SR 36 begins west of Matoaca at an intersection with a pair of secondary state highways: SR 669, which heads north as Church Road; and SR 602, which heads west as River Road toward [[Winterpock, Virginia|Winterpock]] and [[Amelia Court House, Virginia|Amelia Court House]].  SR 36 heads east as River Road, which parallels the north side of the [[Appomattox River]] at the southern edge of Chesterfield County.  The state highway expands to a four-lane [[divided highway]] at Ettrick, where the highway crosses over [[CSX Transportation|CSX]]'s [[North End Subdivision]].  SR 36 crosses the tracks just south of [[Petersburg (Amtrak station)|Petersburg Amtrak station]].  The state highway continues southeast along two-lane undivided Chesterfield Avenue and passes the campus of [[Virginia State University]] before crossing the Appomattox River into the city of Petersburg.  SR 36 enters Petersburg on Fleet Street, then immediately turns east onto Grove Avenue to head toward Old Towne Petersburg.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 36"/>

At Market Street, the two directions of SR 36 split and follow many different streets through the downtown area.  Eastbound SR 36 joins southbound US 1 on Market Street south to Washington Street, which is [[one-way traffic|one-way]] eastbound and carries westbound US 460 Business.  SR 36 continues south another block to Wythe Street, where the highway turns onto the four-lane eastbound street to head east with eastbound US 460 Business and northbound US 1.  At Sycamore Street, the three highways are joined by northbound US 301 Alternate to Adams Street, where northbound US 1 and the northbound alternate route head north.  SR 36 and US 460 Business continue east through their interchange with I-95 and I-85 (Richmond&ndash;Petersburg Turnpike); the latter Interstate has its northern terminus immediately south of the interchange and has direct ramps with Wythe Street and Washington Street.  At Crater Road, SR 36 intersects US 301 and US 460 Business turns south.  The two directions of SR 36 come together near Amelia Street.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 36"/>

Westbound SR 36 follows Washington Street to Crater Road, onto which the state highway turns north and joins US 301.  Access to I-95 and I-85 is provided by westbound US 460 Business, which takes over Washington Street.  At the north end of Crater Street, SR 36 and US 301 turn west onto Bollingbrook Street and pass under I-95.  At Adams Street, US 301 turns north to cross the [[Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge]] to leave Petersburg; southbound US 1 joins SR 36 west to Sycamore Street.  The two highways turn north onto Sycamore Street to the [[City Market (Petersburg, Virginia)|City Market]] building, then turn west onto Old Street to Market Street, where the two directions of SR 36 come together at the western end of the split.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 36"/>

SR 36 heads east from the joining of Wythe and Washington streets as four-lane divided Washington Street, which crosses over a [[Norfolk Southern Railway]] rail line and crosses Harrison Creek into Prince George County.  The state highway continues northeast as Oaklawn Boulevard through a portion of Petersburg National Battlefield; the highway has a [[trumpet interchange]] with a park access road.  SR 36 heads through Fort Gregg-Adams, where the highway passes several entrances to the [[U.S. Army]] installation, including one opposite [[Virginia State Route 144|SR 144]] (Temple Avenue).  Fort Gregg-Adams is home to the [[United States Army Women's Museum]], [[Army Quartermaster Museum]], and [[Kenner Army Health Clinic]].  East of the fort, SR 36 becomes six lanes and meets [[Interstate 295 (Virginia)|I-295]] at a [[cloverleaf interchange]] on the boundary of Prince George County and the city of Hopewell.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 36"/>

East of I-295, SR 36 splits into a [[one-way pair]], Oaklawn Boulevard eastbound and Woodlawn Street westbound.  The two directions rejoin at Kenwood Avenue and become Winston Churchill Drive, which reduces to four lanes at an intersection with an unnumbered section of Oaklawn Boulevard that parallels the north side of the state highway.  SR 36 has a short concurrency with SR 156 between where the latter highway splits south at High Avenue and SR 36's turn north onto Arlington Road.  The state highway turns again onto 15th Street, which the highway follows to cross two separate rail lines and pass through a [[roundabout]] with Lynchburg Street and Maryland Avenue.  South of [[City Point National Cemetery]], SR 36 turns east onto Broadway Avenue.  On the west side of downtown Hopewell, the state highway turns north onto 6th Street, which the highway follows to its northern terminus at an oblique intersection with SR 10 (Randolph Road).<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 36"/>

==History==
The road from [[State Route 10 (Virginia pre-1933)|State Route 10]] (at a point now just west of Lee Avenue in [[Fort Gregg-Adams]]<ref name="Prince George map">[http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/vhip_annotated/vhip.pl?&map=pge Map of Prince George County], revised July 1, 1936</ref><ref>[http://historical.maptech.com/quad.cfm?quadname=Petersburg&state=VA&series=15 1946 USGS Petersburg quadrangle]</ref>) east of [[Petersburg, VA|Petersburg]] northeast to [[Hopewell, VA|Hopewell]] was added to the state highway system in 1924<ref>{{CTB minutes|04-1924-01|page=8}}</ref> as '''State Route 1011'''.<ref>{{CTB minutes|09-1924-01|page=5}}</ref> SR 1011 became '''State Route 408''' in the [[1928 renumbering (Virginia)|1928 renumbering]].  6.70 miles (10.78&nbsp;km) from [[Campbells Bridge]] over the [[Appomattox River]] at [[Petersburg, VA|Petersburg]] past [[Matoaca, VA|Matoaca]] towards [[Winterpock, Virginia|Winterpock]] was added in 1928 as '''State Route 409'''.<ref>{{CTB minutes|08-1928-02|page=28}}</ref> SR 409 was extended 3.02 miles (4.86&nbsp;km) in 1930.<ref>{{CTB minutes|06-1930-01|page=17}}</ref><!--towards Leader?!-->

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==Major intersections==
{{jcttop|state=VA|length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/>}}
{{VAint
|county=Chesterfield
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|602|county1=Chesterfield|name1=River Road|Sec|669|county2=Chesterfield|name2=Church Road|city1=Amelia<!--may not be signed on SR 36, but it's signed on SR 669 here-->}}
|notes=Western terminus 
}}
{{VAint
|location=Matoaca
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|600|county1=Chesterfield|name1=Pickett Avenue|to2=to|US|1}}
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|indep_city=Petersburg
|lspan=7
|mile=7.01<!--this is where SR 36 turns onto the overlap; 6.90 is Washington Street itself-->
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|1|dir1=south|US-Bus|460|dab2=Petersburg|dir2=west|name2=West Washington Street}}<!--not fully signed-->
|notes=eastbound only; west end of US 1 north / US 460 Bus. east overlap
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=7.21
|road={{jct|state=VA|US-Alt|301|dab1=Petersburg|dir1=south|name1=South Sycamore Street}}<!--missigned as regular US 301-->
|notes=eastbound only; west end of US 301 Alt. north overlap
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=7.41
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|1|dir1=north|US-Alt|301|dab2=Petersburg|dir2=north|name2=South Adams Street}}
|notes=eastbound only; east end of US 1 north / US 301 Alt. north overlap
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|1|US|301|SR-Truck|36|dab3=Petersburg|dir3=west|name3=North Adams Street}}
|notes=westbound only; west end of US 301 north overlap<!--signed as if US 1 south overlaps SR 36 west here, but that's a former alignment that's not actually signed on US 1 itself-->
}}
{{VAint
|mile=7.61
|road={{jct|state=VA|I|95|I|85|dir2=south|city1=Richmond}}
|notes=eastbound only; I-95 exits 50D (northbound) and 52 (southbound); I-85 exit 69
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=7.91
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|301|US-Bus|460|dab2=Petersburg|dir2=east|name2=South Crater Road|to3=to<!--no to plate-->|US|1|dir3=north}}
|notes=eastbound only; east end of US 460 Bus. east overlap
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=VA|US|301|dir1=south|US-Bus|460|dab2=Petersburg|name2=South Crater Road / East Washington Street}}
|notes=westbound only; east end of US 301 north overlap<!--signage pointing SR 36 west onto US 301 north is missing-->
}}<!--is Bank Street SR 36 Truck? signage is extremely limited-->
{{VAint
|county=Prince George
|cspan=2
|location=none
|mile=
|road=[[Petersburg National Battlefield]]
|notes=interchange
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=11.80
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|144|dir1=north|name1=Temple Avenue|to2=to|I|95|city1=Colonial Heights}}
}}
{{VAint
|indep_city=Hopewell
|lspan=4
|mile=12.00
|road={{jct|state=VA|I|295|location1=[[Washington, DC|Washington]]|location2=[[Rocky Mount, NC]]}}
|notes=I-295 exit 9
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=14.59
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR-Bus|156|dab1=Hopewell|dir1=south|name1=High Avenue|to2=to|US|460|US|301}}
|notes=west end of SR 156 Bus. overlap
}}
{{VAint
|type=concur
|mile=14.84
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR-Bus|156|dab1=Hopewell|dir1=north|name1=Winston Churchill Drive}}
|notes=east end of SR 156 Bus. overlap
}}
{{VAint
|mile=16.70
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|10|name1=Randolph Road}}
|notes=Eastern terminus 
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==Special routes==
===Petersburg Truck Route===
{{Infobox road small
|state=VA
|type=VA-Truck
|route=36
|location=[[Petersburg, Virginia|Petersburg]]
|length_mi=
|length_round=1
|length_ref=
}}
'''Virginia Truck Route 36''' runs south of where VA 36 turns east from Fleet Street to Grove Avenue and immediately moves to Canal Street. After the intersection with High Street it turns left onto South Street, then moves onto a one-way pair along West Washington and West Wythe Streets, where it is partially overlapped by [[U.S. Route 1 in Virginia|US 1]]/[[U.S. Route 460 Business (Petersburg, Virginia)|BUS 460]]. The streets become East Washington and East Wythe Streets at the intersection with [[U.S. Route 301 Alternate (Petersburg, Virginia)|US 301 Alternate]]. One block later, the concurrency with US BUS 460 ends at Adams Street and US 1/VA Truck 36 turn north, and are also joined by [[U.S. Route 301 in Virginia|US 301]] which followed US BUS 460 from the opposite direction. Four blocks north along the concurrency with US 1/301, VA Truck Route 36 ends at VA 36 on Bank Street, while US 1 and 301 continue to overlap each other towards [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]].

Truck SR 36 is not an official route in the VDOT route numbering system.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/route-index-07012003.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601084740/http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/route-index-07012003.pdf | archive-date=2023-06-01 | title=ROUTE NUMBERING IN VIRGINIA}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiadot.org/info/2009_traffic_data_by_jurisdiction.asp|title=2009 Traffic Data|publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation|year=2009|access-date=2011-08-18}}
*[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2009/AADT_020_Chesterfield_2009.pdf Chesterfield County, City of Colonial Heights, and City of Richmond] (PDF)
*[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2009/AADT_026_Dinwiddie_2009.pdf Dinwiddie County and City of Petersburg] (PDF)
*[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2009/AADT_074_PrinceGeorge_2009.pdf Prince George County and City of Hopewell] (PDF)
</ref>

<ref name="Google Maps VA 36">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=VA-36+E%2FRiver+Rd&daddr=VA-36+W%2FFleet+St+to:S+Market+St+to:E+Wythe+St+to:N+15th+Ave+to:N+6th+Ave&hl=en&sll=37.301811,-77.297273&sspn=0.024135,0.038409&geocode=FZYbOAIdUDph-w%3BFZwfOAIdSLRi-w%3BFcAHOAId4N5i-w%3BFaUOOAId_xBj-w%3BFcApOQId_H5k-w%3BFWxFOQIdFJlk-w&mra=ls&vpsrc=0&t=h&z=12|title=Virginia State Route 36|access-date=2011-08-18}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Virginia State Route 36}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
*[http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va036.htm Virginia Highways Project: VA 36]

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{{VA 1923-1928 spurs|10|1010|1012}}
{{VA 1928-1933 3D|4|407|410}}
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[[Category:State highways in Virginia|036]]
[[Category:Transportation in Chesterfield County, Virginia|State Route 036]]
[[Category:Transportation in Petersburg, Virginia|State Route 036]]
[[Category:Transportation in Prince George County, Virginia|State Route 036]]
[[Category:Transportation in Hopewell, Virginia|State Route 036]]