Virginia State Route 402
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State Route 402, also known as part of Quaker Lane, is a primary state highway
State highway
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 in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

, United States
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. It runs from State Route 420 (Seminary Road) north to Shirlington Circle, an interchange
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 with Interstate 395. Quaker Lane continues south, unnumbered, to State Route 236 (Duke Street).

SR 402 intersects State Route 7 (King Street
King Street, Alexandria, Virginia
King Street is a major road in Alexandria, Virginia, USA and historic Old Town Alexandria. It extends westward from the Potomac River waterfront near the Torpedo Factory Art Center and nearby bustling tourist gift shops and restaurants, passing City Hall...

) together with Braddock Road
Braddock Road (Alexandria, Virginia)
Braddock Road in the City of Alexandria runs northwestward from West Street near the Braddock Road Metro station to the Alexandria campus of the Northern Virginia Community College, just beyond Beauregard Street...

 in an at-grade intersection
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, and fronts the Virginia Theological Seminary
Virginia Theological Seminary
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 and the historic neighborhoods of Fairlington
Fairlington, Virginia
Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria...

 and Parkfairfax
Parkfairfax, Virginia
Parkfairfax is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, located in the northwestern part of the city near the boundary with Arlington County...

.

History

The section of Quaker Lane north of SR 7 (King Street) was originally known as Seminary Road. SR 402 was assigned to its present location, previously unnumbered, in the early 1980s.

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