Virginia State Route 37
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Infobox road/errors".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] State Route 37 (SR 37) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Winchester Bypass, it forms a western bypass of Winchester, connecting to Interstate 81 (I-81) at both ends. Although the road is a freeway, neither I-81 connection is freeway standard; the south end (exit 310) is a diamond interchange with two traffic signals, while, at the north end, drivers must use a short piece of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) to connect with I-81 at exit 317. In addition to local access, the highway connects to US 50 and US 522, two major highways that lead west and northwest into West Virginia and north to I-70 at Hancock, Maryland. An eastern bypass, known locally as "Route 37 East" has been proposed in statewide and local plans to complete the loop.[1][2][3][4][5]
Route description
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Route 37 begins at an intersection with Hillandale Road (SR 847), a local frontage road along the east side of I-81, and Tasker Road (SR 642), which leads southeast to US 522 near Armel. It immediately crosses I-81 at exit 310, a diamond interchange with two traffic signals on SR 37, and then becomes a freeway, soon junctioning US 11 (Valley Pike) with a partial cloverleaf. The next interchange is a diamond at Cedar Creek Grade (SR 622), and SR 37 reaches its approximate midpoint at US 50 (Northwestern Pike), another diamond. A trumpet interchange completed in 2001 connects to the Winchester Medical Center, and the final diamond is with US 522 (Frederick Pike) at the northwestern corner. SR 37 ends at a partial Y interchange with US 11 (Martinsburg Pike), at which SR 37 traffic can only access US 11 north and only traffic from US 11 south can access SR 37, although a northbound exit to Cives Lane was added in about 2000 to allow SR 37 traffic to access US 11 south. About 1/2 mile (1 km) of US 11 is a divided highway, connecting SR 37 with I-81 at exit 317.[6]
History
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Route 37 was defined as the proposed Winchester By-Pass by 1963,[7] and was included in the statewide Arterial Network when it was created in 1964.[8] When I-81 opened past Winchester in November 1965,[9] it included an interchange south of Winchester, taking traffic between I-81 and US 11 along a short connecting road.[10] The north half of the bypass, from US 50 west of Winchester north and east to US 11 north of the city, opened in the late 1960s,[10] and the semicircle was completed in the late 1970s, with the linking of Route 37 to the existing I-81/US 11 connection. A new bridge carrying southbound SR 37 over I-81 was built, but otherwise the diamond interchange was not modified.[11] The only change to the major bypass since it was constructed has been a new trumpet interchange serving the Winchester Medical Center; construction began in September 2000[12] and was completed in November 2001.[13] A single ramp from SR 37 north to Cives Lane, allowing traffic at the north end of the bypass to access US 11 south, was built in about 2000.[14]
Major intersections
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References
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- ↑ Frederick County, Virginia Board of Supervisors, Board Meeting Minutes of March 27, 2002 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Stephanie K. Moran, Winchester Star, VDOT to Cut Road Budget by a Third, May 16, 2002
- ↑ Winchester Star, Supervisors to Wait for Word on Va. 37 East, January 16, 2004
- ↑ Virginia Department of Transportation, 2025 State Highway Plan: Primary System, Staunton District
- ↑ Win-Fred Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2030 Transportation Plan Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed via ACME Mapper
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., p. 27
- ↑ Virginia Department of Transportation, I-81 History, October 29, 2006
- ↑ a b United States Geological Survey, Cumberland, MD.; W. VA.; PA.; VA. (scale 1:250,000), 1956, revised 1969
- ↑ Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2006
- ↑ Winchester Star, Long-Awaited Interchange on Way, September 22, 2000
- ↑ Winchester Star, Halseth Enumerates VHS 2001 Growth, May 15, 2002
- ↑ Frederick County, Virginia Board of Supervisors, Meeting Minutes of 06/12/2002 Template:Webarchive: "Resolution Re: Changes in the Primary and secondary System Due to relocation, Construction and Right-of-Way Abandonment on Entrance and Exit Ramps on Route 37 at its Intersection with Route 11 North" Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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