These photos are from a trip to North Carolina and Virginia on July 1 and 2, 2008. This was to be a 3 1/2 day trip, but it got cut short and ended up only being a 1 1/2 day jaunt. However, I was still able to get plenty of photos. To view the full-sized photos, click on one of the thumbnails on this page. You will then be presented with navigation controls to view the images on individual Web pages as a slide show.
Pound, Va. claims to be the hometown of Francis Gary Powers. He was actually born in neighboring Letcher County, Ky.
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No, we aren't in Massachusetts or Maine. This is in Wise, Va., and that should be a US 23 sign.
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Except for the US 23 shield, this is an older assembly. Secondary 757 is the old routing of US 23 between Wise and Norton.
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Heading out of Norton on Alternate US 58.
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Did the used vehicle research company get its name from this road or the Carfax community in Wise County, Va.?
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This is the first notation of Bristol on the signage. Alternate 58 does not go to Bristol but US 19 does, and the two routes join at Hansonville.
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Approaching the US 19 intersection on Alternate 58.
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First US 19/Alternate 58 signage with mileage board attached.
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Advance for split of the two US routes outside Abingdon.
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Approaching US 11.
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The typo of "Buisness" on this sign that was there about 10 years ago has long since been corrected.
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It's a blurry shot, but this older US 11 sign still stands at the US 19 intersection.
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The two US shields are of older vintage, particularly the US 19 one.
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Someone forgot the US 19 sign for this post.
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Signage at the limits of Bristol.
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Approaching the intersection where US 11 splits into E and W branches.
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US 421 follows a convoluted route through Bristol, Va. Just ahead is the Tennessee state line.
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This is at Martin Luther King Boulevard, where US 421 splits away from the truck route for US 11/19.
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Looking across State Street, which serves as the state line through Bristol.
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US 421 has been routed onto a new bridge on the Tennessee side of Bristol. TN 34 is the hidden state route for US 421 as it heads toward Mountain City and the North Carolina border and is also the hidden state route for US 11E.
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The new Anderson Street Memorial Bridge that carries US 421.
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Closeup of an "Overmountain Victory" marker where US 421 joins Pennsylvania Avenue northbound in Tennessee.
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The old configuration of this intersection had US 421 continuing straight. The traffic light in the distance is State Street, where 421 turned left.
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Heading toward the foot of the Anderson Street bridge where 421 joins MLK Boulevard and enters Virginia. a block later.
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This is old signage at the corner of MLK and State Street.
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Looking north into Virginia on Commonwealth Avenue (US 11E/US 19). This is also the beginning of the unsigned VA 381.
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There should be a US 19 sign to go along with US 11.
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In Abingdon.
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Older US 19 and US 11 signage.
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On US 58 east of I-81.
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In at least three places between Abingdon and Damascus, US 58 is signed like this at intersections with secondary routes.
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Older Virginia 716 secondary sign in Damascus.
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At VA 91 and US 58 in Damascus.
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US 321 joins US 421 at Vilas, N.C.
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Wrong-way routing of NC 194 with US 321/421.
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Advance for the split of US 321 and US 421 in Boone.
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US 221 used to be included in this intersection and joined US 421 here, but 221 has been removed to a bypass a few blocks east.
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Heading south on US 321 out of Boone.
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US 221 joins US 321.
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Glad it wasn't a Thursday when I was driving this route.
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The Blue Ridge Parkway was closed in the area, resulting in a detour signed along US 321.
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Beyond the BRP.
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Advance for the split of US 221 and US 321 in Blowing Rock.
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The left sign should say "South," not "By-Pass."
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This is near the Eastern Continental Divide.
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The beginning of a huge construction project on US 321.
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Ever wonder what a four-digit US route would look like? Here's your answer.
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Approaching the southern end of the alternate route for US 321, nearing Hickory.
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In Newton.
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