Talk:Virginia State Route 146

When and why was this road number created?
The article's infobox states that the road was created in 1976. While the roadway was built then, from 1981 on I drove the stretch every day for years and it was signed as VA-195 (aka the Downtown Expressway, not to be confused with I-195 (aka the Beltline Expressway, which nobody in Richmond calls it; they call it the Powhite Parkway, which it is not), of which it is physically an extension. Some time back (maybe 2000?) a short segment perhaps a quarter mile long was re-signed as SR-146 for no reason I could determine. Strangely enough, the eastbound lanes continue for almost a mile as SR-146 despite the fact that the corresponding westbound lanes remained signed as VA-195. The signage is explicit: "END VA-146". I'm sure the renumbering had to do with whether the toll authority or the state has to maintain the road, but I have never found any definite information about it. Does anybody really know when the road was re-numbered, or why? Does anybody really care? Cwelgo (talk) 19:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Apparently nobody does care. *sigh* Cwelgo (talk) 08:01, 15 December 2014 (UTC)