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'''United States Route 29''' is a significant roadway through [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]]. Several construction projects are expected to begin along the corridor from 2015 to 2017 following the recommendations of the [[Route 29 Advisory Panel]].
'''United States Route 29''' is a significant roadway through [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]]. Plans to build a [[Western Bypass]] were debated for many years before the project was derailed by the location of the final resting place of [[Jesse Sammons]]. Funding set aside for that project was transferred to a series of projects known as the [[Route 29 Solutions]].  
 
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These projects were recommended by [[Philip Shucet]] in the spring of 2014 following the demise of the [[Western Bypass]]. Their implementation is being overseen by the [[Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=VDOT sets aggressive deadlines for Route 29 projects|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/18631-route29-project-schedule/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=July 25, 2014|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>
These projects were recommended by [[Philip Shucet]] in the spring of 2014 following the demise of the [[Western Bypass]]. Their implementation was overseen by the [[Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=VDOT sets aggressive deadlines for Route 29 projects|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/18631-route29-project-schedule/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=July 25, 2014|accessdate=July 27, 2014}}</ref>  


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==2016 crashes concern==
==2016 crashes concern==
Three vehicles ran off the road within a mile of the intersection of U.S. 29 and Red Hill Road in southern Albemarle. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Head-scratching over rash of crashes on U.S. 29 in southern Albemarle|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/head-scratching-over-rash-of-crashes-on-monacan-trail-in/article_70b6fdc1-12fa-5b11-8bd0-dfe738a15a9e.html|author=Bryan McKenzie|pageno=|printdate=January 9, 2016|publishdate=January 9, 2016|accessdate=December 27, 2016}}</ref>
Three vehicles ran off the road within a mile of the intersection of U.S. 29 and Red Hill Road in southern Albemarle. {{when}} <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Head-scratching over rash of crashes on U.S. 29 in southern Albemarle|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/head-scratching-over-rash-of-crashes-on-monacan-trail-in/article_70b6fdc1-12fa-5b11-8bd0-dfe738a15a9e.html|author=Bryan McKenzie|pageno=|printdate=January 9, 2016|publishdate=January 9, 2016|accessdate=December 27, 2016}}</ref>





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United States Route 29 is a significant roadway through Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Plans to build a Western Bypass were debated for many years before the project was derailed by the location of the final resting place of Jesse Sammons. Funding set aside for that project was transferred to a series of projects known as the Route 29 Solutions.


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North of Charlottesville, U.S. 29 is signed Seminole Trail.

Recent projects

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These projects were recommended by Philip Shucet in the spring of 2014 following the demise of the Western Bypass. Their implementation was overseen by the Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel. [1]

History

The alignment of U.S. 29 follows an old stagecoach route between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. [2] Citizens urged completion of a state highway south of Charlottesville at a meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors in January 1925. [3]

Opposition to grade separation

"Albemarle County and Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission staff are working with consultants to produce more definitive cost estimates for the five grade separated interchanges proposed along the US 29 North Corridor.

The issue of grade separation has been much debated with deep reservations expressed by the business community regarding the planned transportation network. Specifically, many voiced opposition to grade separated interchanges, noting that they are costly, disruptive to construct, and could have the affect of disconnecting traffic from vital community enterprises along this commercial corridor." Free Enterprise Forum February Forum Watch[citation needed]


Potential renaming

In October 2006, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors considered a request from the University of Virginia Athletics Department to rename the road from Seminole Trail to Cavalier Way, after the Virginia mascot. The renaming of the road became a front page story in The Daily Progress and the subject of an editorial in the paper. The matter was quickly dropped by the Board of Supervisors and no action was taken.[4]

2016 crashes concern

Three vehicles ran off the road within a mile of the intersection of U.S. 29 and Red Hill Road in southern Albemarle.[when?] [5]


References

  1. Web. VDOT sets aggressive deadlines for Route 29 projects, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, July 25, 2014, retrieved July 27, 2014.
  2. Web. National Register of Historic Places, Jennifer Hallock and Gardiner Hallock on behalf of the Piedmont Environmental Council, Application, Albemarle County, March 2, 2005, retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. Web. Completion of State Highway , South of the City, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, printdate=January 22, 1925, retrieved May 16, 2016 from University of Virginia Library.
  4. "Seminole Trail becomes Cavalier Way?" Wheeler, Brian A. Weblog post. Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. N.p., 4 Oct. 2006. Web. 29 June 2009. .
  5. Web. Head-scratching over rash of crashes on U.S. 29 in southern Albemarle, Bryan McKenzie, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 9, 2016, retrieved December 27, 2016.

Resources

RFQ for Route 29 design-build contract


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