State Route 517 (Virginia Pre-1933)
Route description
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SR 173 begins at the intersection of Denbigh Boulevard and Moyer Road on the western edge of the Denbigh section of the independent city of Newport News. Denbigh Boulevard continues west to the Warwick River, where the highway ends at the Denbigh Park Boat Ramp within Denbigh Park. The state highway starts east through a residential area as a two-lane undivided road but expands to four lanes at Catalina Drive. At its intersection with U.S. Route 60 (US 60, Warwick Boulevard), SR 173 gains a center left-turn lane. The state highway crosses over CSX's Peninsula Subdivision and Interstate 64 with no access. SR 173 veers northeast and becomes a divided highway at its junction with SR 143 (Jefferson Avenue) west of Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport in the Oriana section of Newport News. At the boundary between the city of Newport News and York County, SR 173 reduces to a two-lane undivided road and its surroundings change from a suburban area to forest. After crossing the Poquoson River, the state highway intersects US 17 (George Washington Memorial Highway) in Grafton. SR 173 continues northeast as Goodwin Neck Road, which passes to the west of Seaford then curves east onto Goodwin Neck between Back Creek to the south and the Yorktown Refinery to the north. The state highway reaches its eastern terminus at SR 629 (Dandy Loop Road) in the community of Dandy on Goodwin Neck.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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City of Newport News | 0.00 | 0.00 | Moyer Road / Denbigh Boulevard | Western terminus | |
1.82 | 2.93 | ![]() | |||
2.96 | 4.76 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
York | Grafton | 6.16 | 9.91 | ![]() | |
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Dandy | 10.84 | 17.45 | ![]() | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- City of Newport News (PDF)
- York County and City of Poquoson (PDF)
- ^ "Virginia State Route 173" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
External links
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