Virginia State Route 351
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State Route 351 is a primary state highway
in Hampton
and Newport News, Virginia
, United States
. It makes no turns, following 39th Street and Pembroke Avenue from Huntington Avenue (U.S. Route 60 eastbound) northwest of downtown Newport News east to Second Street, one block past State Route 169, in the Buckroe Beach
area of Hampton. Most of SR 351 is parallel to I-664
In the 1933 renumbering, a Newport News-Hampton-Buckroe Beach route, along with Jefferson Avenue in Newport News towards Williamsburg, became State Route 168. From Newport News east, this used what had been SR 532 to the intersection of Shell Road and LaSalle Avenue. There it followed State Route 167 (former State Route 511) along Shell Road, Newport News Avenue, and Back River Road to Queen Street, State Route 27/167 (former State Route 514) along Back River Road, and SR 167 (former State Route 533) along Rip Rap Road to King Street (former SR 513). SR 167 continued northeast on former SR 513, while SR 168 turned south on SR 513 into Hampton, where it headed east on Pmbroke Avenue as added in 1932. The rest of the route to Buckroe Beach (via Old Buckroe Road and Buckroe Avenue to Third Street, ending at State Route 169), was added in 1936.
A new alignment of SR 168 between 39th Street and Huntington Avenue in Newport News and Pembroke Avenue and King Street in Hampton was built in the early 1940s, and added to the state highway system in 1944; the old route (then on Shell Road) became State Route 143. By 1947, SR 168 was rerouted in Hampton to continue south on Jefferson Avenue, and State Route 351, which had been used for a route in Norfolk that SR 168 absorbed, was assigned to the old alignment to Buckroe Beach, as well as the continuation west to Warwick Boulevard (U.S. Route 60). In 1976, when US 60 eastbound was moved to Huntington Avenue, SR 351 was extended west a block to meet it.
State highway
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in Hampton
Hampton, Virginia
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and Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
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, United States
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. It makes no turns, following 39th Street and Pembroke Avenue from Huntington Avenue (U.S. Route 60 eastbound) northwest of downtown Newport News east to Second Street, one block past State Route 169, in the Buckroe Beach
Buckroe Beach, Virginia
Buckroe Beach is a neighborhood in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. It lies just north of Fort Monroe and fronts the mouth of Hampton Roads at the Chesapeake Bay...
area of Hampton. Most of SR 351 is parallel to I-664
History
King Street north from downtown Hampton, continuing northeast on current State Route 169, was added to the state highway system in 1928 as State Route 513. The Shell Road alignment between Newport News and Hampton was added in 1931 and 1932 as State Route 532. Also in 1932, the road from Hampton part of the way towards Buckroe Beach was added.In the 1933 renumbering, a Newport News-Hampton-Buckroe Beach route, along with Jefferson Avenue in Newport News towards Williamsburg, became State Route 168. From Newport News east, this used what had been SR 532 to the intersection of Shell Road and LaSalle Avenue. There it followed State Route 167 (former State Route 511) along Shell Road, Newport News Avenue, and Back River Road to Queen Street, State Route 27/167 (former State Route 514) along Back River Road, and SR 167 (former State Route 533) along Rip Rap Road to King Street (former SR 513). SR 167 continued northeast on former SR 513, while SR 168 turned south on SR 513 into Hampton, where it headed east on Pmbroke Avenue as added in 1932. The rest of the route to Buckroe Beach (via Old Buckroe Road and Buckroe Avenue to Third Street, ending at State Route 169), was added in 1936.
A new alignment of SR 168 between 39th Street and Huntington Avenue in Newport News and Pembroke Avenue and King Street in Hampton was built in the early 1940s, and added to the state highway system in 1944; the old route (then on Shell Road) became State Route 143. By 1947, SR 168 was rerouted in Hampton to continue south on Jefferson Avenue, and State Route 351, which had been used for a route in Norfolk that SR 168 absorbed, was assigned to the old alignment to Buckroe Beach, as well as the continuation west to Warwick Boulevard (U.S. Route 60). In 1976, when US 60 eastbound was moved to Huntington Avenue, SR 351 was extended west a block to meet it.