Virginia State Route 33

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State Route 33
Formed:	1938
West end:	US 33/US 250 in Richmond
Major junctions:	SR 30 in West Point US 17 near Saluda
East end:	dead end at Stingray Point
Virginia Routes < US 33 SR 34 > Primary - Secondary - History - Turnpikes

State Route 33 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It forms an extension of U.S. Route 33 from Richmond east to Stingray Point on the Chesapeake Bay. The route includes concurrencies with U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 64.

SR 33 was part of State Route 4, which continued west along U.S. Route 33, until early 1938.^[1][2]

In memory of the decorated Marine Chesty Puller, SR 33 is also called General Puller Highway between Saluda and Stingray Point.

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In 1973, State Route 33 between Eltham and Quinton in New Kent County had an extraordinarily high accident rate due to heavy weekend traffic to waterfront points in eastern Virginia. This weekend travel is known colloquially in Central Virginia as "Going to the Rivah", the "Rivah" (river) loosely defined as any recreational body of water east of the fall line. Upon partial completion, a stretch of newly-built Interstate 64 was opened from Exit 205 to Exit 220 as State Route 33 in order to divert traffic off one of the most accident-prone portions of the former winding and hilly two-lane route through New Kent Courthouse, which was renumbered State Route 249. This portion of the highway became concurrent with I-64 as the connecting portions of the new Interstate were opened.

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1. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, January 13, 1936PDF, page 8: "Route 4 at M.P. 5.9 between West Point and Shacklefords P.O."
2. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, February 23, 1936PDF, page 7: "Route 33, M.P. 3.0 at Shacklefords Fork"

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