 State Route 7 | ||||
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| Maintained byVDOT | ||||
| Length | 72.7 mi[1] (117.0 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1933[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 11 /US 522 inWinchester | |||
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| East end |  SR 400 inAlexandria | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Virginia | |||
| Counties | Winchester,Frederick,Clarke,Loudoun,Fairfax,Falls Church,Alexandria,Arlington | |||
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Virginia State Route 7 (VA 7) is a major primarystate highway and busycommuter route inNorthern Virginia,United States. It travels southeast from DowntownWinchester to Washington Street (SR 400) in DowntownAlexandria. Its route largely parallels those of theWashington & Old Dominion Trail and thePotomac River. Between its western terminus andI-395, SR 7 is part of theNational Highway System. In 1968, theVirginia State Highway Commission designated the road as the "Harry Flood Byrd Highway" between Alexandria and Winchester to commemorateHarry F. Byrd Sr. (1887–1966).[3]
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SR 7 begins downtown in theindependent city of Winchester, as East Piccadilly Street at an intersection of Cameron Street (Route 11/Route 522), and it continues through the east end of the city, along North East Lane, National Avenue, and finally Berryville Avenue. SR 7 exits the city into surroundingFrederick County, where its name changes to Berryville Pike and it becomes a four-lane highway. SR 7 continues across the overpass ofI-81 and then intoClarke County.
SR 7 enters Clarke County from Frederick County, crossingOpequon Creek, and continues towards the town ofBerryville. Business SR 7 splits off just west of Berryville and passes through the town, while the main route bypasses the town to the north. Both routes crossRoute 340, and Business SR 7 rejoins SR 7 just east of the town. SR 7 crosses theShenandoah River and its name changes to theHarry Flood Byrd Highway. SR 7 crosses theLoudoun–Clarke county line and theAppalachian Trail at the summit ofSnickers Gap in theBlue Ridge Mountains.
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SR 7 descends out of the Blue Ridge Mountains and enters the rural western area of Loudoun County as Leesburg Pike at Snickers Gap. It intersects the northern end of theSnickersville Turnpike, and then it passes just north of the village ofBluemont (formerly Snickersville). Next SR 7 curves just south ofJefferson County, West Virginia.
SR 7 becomes a divided, limited-access highway with a speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) just west ofRound Hill, where another Business SR 7 splits off to serve the towns of Round Hill,Purcellville, andHamilton, while the main road runs outside of the towns as a bypass. Business SR 7 rejoins the main road at the interchange withSR 9 inPaeonian Springs.
SR 7 continues towards the well-developed eastern half of Loudoun County as a four-lane divided highway with some at-grade intersections, and it passes throughClarke's Gap inCatoctin Mountain. Another Business SR 7 splits off on the western side ofLeesburg, thecounty seat of Loudoun County. The main road continues as theLeesburg Bypass, and merges with the bypass ofRoute 15 around the southern side of Leesburg, while the business route passes through town as Market Street. SR 7 Business intersects with King Street (Business Route 15) by the countycourthouse in the center of Leesburg.
TheVirginia Department of Transportation has plans to widen the section of SR 7 between SR 9 and East Market Street.[4] However, due to highway budget restrictions, this project was put on hold in June 2008.[5] In December 2014, construction began on the widening of this section of SR 7. In addition to widening Westbound SR 7 from two to three lanes, the median was modified to limit left turns into and out of Roxbury Hall Road, Leeland Orchard Road, White Gate Place, and Beechnut Place.[6] In addition to the work on SR 7,roundabouts were installed at the interchange between SR 7 and SR 9. The southern roundabout combined the separate intersections of the on and off ramps from SR 7 and Colonial Highway/Dry Mill Road into one.[7]
The SR 7 bypass crosses theWashington & Old Dominion Trail just before the US 15 bypass splits off from SR 7 in eastern Leesburg, and then SR 7 Bus. rejoins the main highway near the same location. SR 7 continues on through the eastern half of Leesburg, with six lanes. It crossesGoose Creek and passes throughAshburn.
SR 7 was rebuilt as acontrolled-access highway through eastern portions of Loudoun County. To accomplish this,highway interchanges were constructed replacing the ordinary intersections atBelmont Ridge Road, Claiborne Parkway, Ashburn Village Boulevard, andLoudoun County Parkway while closing the intersection of Lexington Drive. A newoverpass was constructed to carry Sycolin Road across SR 7 in Leesburg, which opened to traffic on August 11, 2014.[8] An additional interchange was also opened at Battlefield Parkway in Leesburg on June 28, 2021.[9]
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SR 7 continues as acontrolled-access freeway and passes by numeroushousing subdivisions, businesses, and shopping areas between an interchange withSR 28 and theFairfax County line inSterling.
SR 7 is named Leesburg Pike all the way across Fairfax County, where it is mainly a suburban route. It enters Fairfax County at the intersection of Dranesville Road (SR 228), approximately half a mile west of the interchange with theFairfax County Parkway (SR 286) and Algonkian Parkway. It continues through Fairfax County, passing by subdivisions inGreat Falls,Vienna, andReston. Then it passes throughTysons, where it has interchanges with the Dulles Access and Toll Roads (SR 267) andSR 123. In between these two intersections, theWashington Metro'sSilver Line runs through its median. After passing south of theTysons Corner Center shopping mall, it interchanges with the Capital Beltway (I-495) inMcLean and interchanges withI-66 a half mile (0.8 km) west of theWest Falls Church Metro Station.
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SR 7 entersFalls Church and becomes Broad Street and marks the north/south division for city streets. The road intersects with Washington Street (US 29) in the city's center and crosses theWashington & Old Dominion Trail in the city's west end. SR 7 re-enters Fairfax County as Leesburg Pike and passes throughSeven Corners, named for the five roads that intersect, including Hillwood Avenue (SR 338) andArlington Boulevard (Route 50), which isgrade separated from the rest of the intersection. From there, it travels toBailey's Crossroads, where it interchanges with Columbia Pike (SR 244).
SR 7 entersAlexandria from Fairfax County and briefly forms the border between Alexandria andArlington County, and then interchanges withI-395. It continues asKing Street through Alexandria, passing byAlexandria City High School,George Washington Masonic National Memorial,Union Station (Amtrak andVirginia Railway Express), and theKing Street–Old Town Metro station. SR 7 ends at theintersection of King Street and Washington Street (SR 400) inOld Town Alexandria, one quarter of a mile (0.4 km) west of the Potomac River.
On August 19, 2019, a third left-turn lane was added from SR 7 west to Baron Cameron Avenue.[10] This was in place of constructing a partial interchange at the intersection, for which SR 7 east lanes would travel under Baron Cameron Avenue; the project was never started, as the Virginia Department of Transportation failed to allocate sufficient funding for the project and lack of competition led to higher than forecasted bids for the Route 7 widening.[11]
The Virginia Department of Transportation is working on widening SR 7 from four to six lanes and adding shared-use paths along SR 7 between Reston Avenue and Jarrett Valley Drive in Fairfax County.[12] The project is expected to cost $313.9 million and should be completed by mid-2024.[13]
TheLoudoun County Board of Supervisors voted to rename the section of SR 7 within Loudoun County from Harry Byrd Highway to Leesburg Pike on December 7, 2021. This is in an effort to restore historical names and remove segregationist and Confederate symbols throughout the county.[14]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| City ofWinchester | 0.0 | 0.0 |   US 11 /US 522 (Cameron St) toUS 50 | Western terminus; road continues as East Piccadilly Street | |
| Frederick | | 1.5 | 2.4 |  I-81 –Martinsburg,Roanoke | Exit 315 (I-81) |
| Clarke | | 8.8 | 14.2 |    SR 7 Bus. east (W Main St) –Berryville | ToBerryville Historic District |
| | 10.4 | 16.7 |  US 340 –Berryville,Charles Town | Interchange | |
| | 12 | 19 |  SR 7 Bus. west (E Main St) –Berryville | ||
| Webbtown | 13 | 21 |  SR 608 (Wickliffe Rd) –Wickliffe | FormerSR 282 north | |
| Blue Ridge | 18.6 | 29.9 | Snickers Gap | ||
| Loudoun | | 19.1 | 30.7 |  SR 734 (Snickersville Pike) | |
| | 19.5 | 31.4 |  SR 760 (Clayton Hall Rd) toSR 734 –Bluemont,Philomont | Truck access to SR 734; formerSR 234 south | |
| | 22.5 | 36.2 | SR 7 Bus. east (W Loudoun St) –Round Hill | ||
| | 23.7 | 38.1 | SR 7 Bus. –Round Hill,Purcellville | Interchange | |
| Purcellville | 27.6 | 44.4 |  SR 287 toSR 7 Bus. –Purcellville,Lovettsville | Interchange | |
| Hamilton | 29.7 | 47.8 |  SR 704 –Hamilton | Interchange | |
| Clarks Gap | 32 | 51 |  SR 9 /SR 7 Bus. east –Hillsboro,Charles Town, WV,Purcellville | Interchange | |
| | 34.2 | 55.0 | SR 7 Bus. east –Leesburg | Interchange | |
| Leesburg | 36 | 58 |    US 15 south /US 15 Bus. north –Leesburg,Warrenton | Interchange; west end of concurrency with US 15; access eastbound SR 7 to US 15 via Clubhouse Drive | |
| 36.8 | 59.2 |    SR 267 Toll east –Dulles Airport,Washington | Exit 1 (SR 267); western terminus of SR 267 | ||
| 37.8 | 60.8 | US 15 north /SR 7 Bus. west / Fort Evans Rd –Frederick MD,Leesburg | Interchange; east end of concurrency with US 15 | ||
| 38.6 | 62.1 | Battlefield Pkwy –Leesburg Airport | Interchange | ||
| 39.5 | 63.6 | River Creek Pkwy/Crosstrail Blvd | Interchange | ||
| Belmont–Lansdowne line | 40.7 | 65.5 |  SR 659 (Belmont Ridge Rd) | Interchange | |
| Ashburn Junction | 41.8 | 67.3 |   SR 901 south (Claiborne Pkwy) /SR 2400 north (Lansdowne Blvd) –Lansdowne,Ashburn | Interchange | |
| Ashburn–Lansdowne line | 42.6 | 68.6 |  SR 2020 (Ashburn Village Blvd) –Shenandoah University | Interchange | |
| Ashburn–University Center line | 43.8 | 70.5 |  SR 607 (Loudoun County Pkwy) toSR 267 | Interchange | |
| Dulles Town Center | 45.1 | 72.6 |  SR 28 south –Dulles Airport,Centreville | Interchange; northern terminus of SR 28 | |
| Dulles Town Center–Countryside line | 45.6 | 73.4 |  SR 1582 (Algonkian Pkwy/Atlantic Blvd) –Dulles Town Center | Interchange | |
| Dulles Town Center–Cascades line | 47 | 76 |  SR 1794 (Cascades Pkwy) –Cascades,Sterling | Interchange | |
| Sterling–Sugarland Run line | 48.1 | 77.4 |  SR 846 (Cardinal Glen Cir/Sterling Blvd) –Sterling Park | ||
| Fairfax | Herndon Junction | 49 | 79 |  SR 228 south (Dranesville Rd) | |
| Dranesville | 49.4 | 79.5 |   SR 286 south (Fairfax County Pkwy) /SR 6220 north (Algonkian Pkwy) | Interchange; northern terminus of SR 286; southern terminus of SR 6220 | |
| 50.7 | 81.6 |   SR 193 east (Georgetown Pike) /SR 602 north –Great Falls,Langley | West end of the concurrency with SR 602; western terminus of SR 193 | ||
| Reston | 51.3 | 82.6 | SR 602 south (Reston Pkwy) | East end of the concurrency with SR 602 | |
| Browns Chapel | 52.9 | 85.1 |   SR 606 west (Baron Cameron Ave) /SR 674 (Springvale Rd) –Herndon,Reston | ||
| Tysons | 57.8 | 93.0 | SR 267 Toll –Washington,Dulles Airport (viaDulles Access Road) | Exits 16A-B eastbound, 16 westbound (SR 267) | |
| 59.1 | 95.1 |    SR 123 toI-495 –McLean,Vienna | Interchange | ||
| 59.5 | 95.8 |    SR 684 toI-495 Express north / International Dr/Gallows Rd | |||
| 59.7 | 96.1 | Fashion Blvd –Tysons Corner Center | |||
| 60.1 | 96.7 |  I-495 (Capital Beltway) /I-495 Express south –Rockville,Baltimore,Richmond,Alexandria | Exits 47A-B (I-495) | ||
| Idylwood | 61.4 | 98.8 |   I-66 –Washington,Front Royal,West Falls Church | Exit 66 eastbound, 66A-B westbound (I-66) | |
| City ofFalls Church | 63.3 | 101.9 |   US 29 (Washington St) /SR 237 | ||
| Fairfax | Seven Corners | 64.2 | 103.3 |  SR 338 west (Hillwood Ave) toUS 29 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 64.4 | 103.6 |  US 50 (Arlington Blvd) /SR 613 (Wilson Blvd/Sleepy Hollow Rd) –Washington,Arlington,Clarendon,Fairfax | Interchange | ||
| Bailey's Crossroads | 66.4 | 106.9 |  SR 244 (Columbia Pike) –Arlington,Annandale | Interchange | |
| City ofAlexandria | 68.5 | 110.2 |  I-395 –Richmond,Washington | Exit 5 (I-395) | |
| 69.3 | 111.5 |  SR 402 (N Quaker Ln) | |||
| 70.5 | 113.5 |  SR 420 (Janney's Ln) | |||
| 71.8 | 115.6 |  US 1 south (Henry St) | One-way pair | ||
| 71.9 | 115.7 | US 1 north (Patrick St) | |||
| 72.7 | 117.0 | SR 400 (Washington St) /George Washington Parkway | Eastern terminus; no left turn in any direction; continues east as King Street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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 State Route 7 Business | |
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| Location | Berryville |
| Length | 3.05 mi[1] (4.91 km) |
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State Route 7 Business (SR 7 Bus.) is abusiness route in the U.S. state ofVirginia. It follows Main Street through downtownBerryville.
State Route 7 Business | |
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| Location | Purcellville |
| Length | 9.28 mi[1] (14.93 km) |
| Existed | 1980–present |
| Tourist routes |  Virginia Byway |
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State Route 7 Business (SR 7 Bus.) is abusiness route in the U.S. state ofVirginia. It runs 9.28 miles (14.93 km) from SR 7 just west ofRound Hill toSR 9 just west ofLeesburg,[1] where the roadway continues east and south as SR 699. The route provides access from the main route, SR 7, toPurcellville. The route has multiple names along its length including Loudoun Street, Main Street, and Colonial Highway. The route was formed in two segments. The first one was formed in 1980,[15] and the second one was formed in 1987.[16]
The route's western end is at its parent route, SR 7. It then intersects New Cut Road and Main Street, both part of SR 719. It meets SR 7 once again at adiamond interchange. After that, the route meetsState Route 287 (SR 287) at aroundabout. The route's eastern end is atState Route 9 (SR 9) (Charles Town Pike), where it goes east and south as SR 699 (Dry Mill Rd.).[1]
The first segment of the route was commissioned in 1980 betweenSR 287 andSR 9.[15] The second segment of the route was commissioned in 1987 betweenSR 287 and SR 7.[16] These segments were both designated along the former alignment of its parent route, SR 7.[15][16]
State Route 7 Business | |
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| Location | Leesburg |
| Length | 2.39 mi[1] (3.85 km) |
| Tourist routes | Virginia Byway |
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State Route 7 Business (SR 7 Bus.) is abusiness route in the U.S. state ofVirginia. It follows Market Street through downtownLeesburg. In downtown Leesburg, SR 7 Bus. intersects with US 15 Bus.
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