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221:Location
164:Woolwine
150:Woolwine
112:Palmetto
1466:May 13,
1440:May 13,
1431:(Map).
1410:May 17,
1326:May 13,
1317:(Map).
1067:Roanoke
1063:Bristol
1029:Roanoke
914:Bassett
887:
675:
636:
632:Patrick
556:History
310:History
295:Primary
250:Patrick
226:Country
86:Existed
1196:Stuart
1166:Length
1160:Stuart
715:Stuart
607:County
533:US 221
479:SR 103
415:Stuart
305:Byways
136:Stuart
78:Length
1460:(PDF)
1383:(PDF)
1365:(PDF)
1346:(PDF)
1264:(PDF)
1258:(PDF)
1252:(PDF)
1079:89.93
1076:55.88
1050:88.69
1047:55.11
1012:56.84
1009:35.32
1005:Floyd
985:47.25
982:29.36
973:Floyd
942:36.82
939:22.88
893:26.81
890:16.66
853:20.55
850:12.77
815:17.32
812:10.76
722:13.68
626:Notes
548:with
542:Riner
514:SR 40
506:SR 57
497:on a
435:US 58
419:Floyd
254:Floyd
236:State
178:Floyd
148:near
110:near
1496:help
1492:edit
1468:2017
1442:2017
1412:2014
1328:2017
1289:2020
1059:I-81
719:8.50
681:8.18
678:5.08
642:0.00
639:0.00
433:via
367:SR 8
188:I-81
72:VDOT
441:of
413:of
190:in
176:in
162:in
134:in
1550::
1494:•
1420:^
1304:^
1279:.
1221:^
1065:,
1027:,
924:,
920:,
916:,
876:,
704:,
619:km
614:mi
417:,
401:,
342:→
327:←
290:US
256:,
252:,
1498:)
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1404:)
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