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Manchester also benefited from being a station along the North-South Richmond and Petersburg Railroad. Manchester briefly served as the seat of Chesterfield County after the Civil War, from 1870 to 1876. In 1874, Manchester voted to become an independent City. In 1876, the Chesterfield County seat was moved to Chesterfield Courthouse.
The term "Northside" also broadly includes much of central Henrico County as a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan area, being an extension of the development within the (now-fixed) city limits. Communities outside the city limits in this area include the census-designated places of Chamberlayne , Dumbarton , East Highland Park , Glen Allen ...
It is located at 77° 25' west longitude and 37° 27' north latitude, lies adjacent to Interstate 95, and is 4 miles (6 km) south of downtown Richmond. Richmond is the western terminus for commercial navigation on the James River, due to the Fall Line. The port is operated and leased by the Virginia Port Authority.
SR 33 leaves the downtown area on the four-lane with side bicycle lanes divided Leigh Street Viaduct, officially marked as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge, which passes over I-95, US 360, and CSX's Richmond Terminal Subdivision. At the east end of the viaduct, the state highway turns north onto Mosby Street.
SR 710 south (Fairway Drive) Interchange: 76.32: 122.83: US 258 Bus. south / SR 10 Bus. west (South Church Street) – Smithfield, Smithfield Center: Northern terminus of US 258 Bus.; eastern terminus of SR 10 Bus. Benns Church: 78.28: 125.98: US 258 north / SR 32 north (Brewer's Neck Boulevard) – Newport News, Portsmouth
Richmond has an extensive network of Interstate Highways, expressways, and state highways which were built to interstate highway standards. The major east–west route is Interstate 64 (I-64), and the major north–south route is Interstate 95 (I-95). Three-digit Interstates are Interstate 195 (I-195, Beltline Expressway) and Interstate 295 (I ...
SR 106 south (Courthouse Road) / SR 156 Bus. north (Prince George Drive) to I-95 / I-295 – Hopewell, Prince George: South end of concurrency with SR 106 17.62: 28.36: SR 10 west / SR 156 Bus. south (James River Drive) / SR 644 (Ruffin Road) – Hopewell: South end of concurrency with SR 10 18.35: 29.53: SR 10 east (James River Drive) – Suffolk
In 2022, studies began on a North-South BRT corridor, travelling along U.S 1 [16] In October 2023, the GRTC Board of Directors approved the recommended route for the proposed North-South BRT. The North-South Pulse project aims to introduce 12 miles of high-capacity rapid transit, connecting northern and southern parts of the Richmond region via ...