Virginia State Route 164
State highway in southeastern Virginia, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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State Route 164 (SR 164) is a 7.27-mile-long (11.70 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia that connects the northern parts of Suffolk and Portsmouth with Newport News and Hampton via Interstate 664 (I-664) with Downtown Portsmouth and Norfolk through either the Downtown or Midtown Tunnels.
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Maintained by VDOT and Elizabeth River Crossings | ||||
Length | 12.17 mi[1] (19.59 km) | |||
Existed | by 1969[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 17 in Suffolk | |||
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East end | I-264 in Portsmouth | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Virginia | |||
Counties | City of Suffolk, City of Portsmouth | |||
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The first section, known as the Western Freeway, is a four- to six-lane freeway that runs from U.S. Route 17 (US 17) in Suffolk east to the Pinners Point Interchange, which was its previous terminus. However, when the extension to the Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway opened in December 2016, the terminus was relocated to an interchange with Interstate 264.
Although SR 164 is a freeway, bicycles and pedestrians, but not mopeds, are allowed over the West Norfolk Bridge between West Norfolk Road and a pair of special ramps to Bayview Boulevard and Florida Avenue.[3]