Parham Road
Highway in Henrico County, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parham Road is a circumferential highway in Henrico County in the U.S. state of Virginia. The highway runs 12.08 miles (19.44 km) from Virginia State Route 150 (SR 150) near Tuckahoe east to U.S. Route 301 (US 301) and SR 2 in Chamberlayne. Parham Road serves the northwestern suburbs of Richmond, including Tuckahoe, Laurel, and Chamberlayne. The four-lane divided highway intersects all of the major highways that extend northwest and north from the city, including Interstate 64 (I-64) and I-95. Parham Road is county maintained except for the portion that is State Route 73, a connector between US 1 and I-95. The Parham Road name was applied to a small portion of the current route by the early 20th century. SR 73 was constructed in the early 1960s. Most of Parham Road from SR 6 to US 1 was constructed as a new four-lane divided highway by Henrico County in the late 1960s; the existing sections were upgraded at the same time. The highway was extended east to its present terminus in the late 1970s. Parham Road was completed south to its present western terminus in 1990 concurrent with the extension of SR 150 across the James River from the Southside of Richmond to Henrico County.
Parham Road | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Henrico County and VDOT | ||||
Length | 12.08 mi[1] (19.44 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | SR 150 in Tuckahoe | |||
Major intersections | ||||
East end | US 301 / SR 2 in Chamberlayne | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Virginia | |||
Counties | Henrico | |||
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