Warp Drive
Short street in Sterling, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Warp Drive is a short street in Sterling, Virginia, United States.[lower-alpha 1] Originally named Steeplechase Drive, it is located in an industrial park off Atlantic Boulevard, and primarily serves as the address for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, an aerospace company. The street ends at a circle where an off-ramp from Virginia State Highway 28 joins from the opposite direction.
Former name(s) | Steeplechase Drive |
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Namesake | Fictional faster-than-light propulsion system on Star Trek |
Owner | Loudoun County, Virginia, US |
Length | 300 ft (91 m) |
Addresses | 45101 |
Location | Sterling, Virginia, US |
Postal code | 20166 |
Coordinates | 39.01379°N 77.42991°W / 39.01379; -77.42991 |
West end | Traffic circle |
Major junctions | VA 28 |
East end | Atlantic Boulevard |
Other | |
Known for | Name |
In 2011, employees of Orbital Sciences—later acquired by Northrop—asked the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to rename their street after the warp drive that allows ships in the Star Trek universe to travel faster than light. The supervisors voted unanimously[3] to make it so (several of them using catchphrases associated with the franchise).[4]