May 2001

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JAMES RIVER SCENIC DRIVE TO OAK RIDGE SCENIC ROUTE 2 HOURS  MILEAGE  INTERVAL  DIRECTIONS  0.0  0.0  At stop sign, make left onto Rte. 731 (Keswick Rd.)  0.5  0.5  Bear right remaining on Rte. 731  1.4  0.9  At stop sign, turn right onto Rte. 250 (Richmond Rd.)  1.6  0.2  At signal, make left onto Rte. 729 (North Milton Rd.)  2.3  0.7  At stop sign, turn left onto Rte. 729 (S. Milton Rd.) CAUTION: Cross traffic does not stop  4.9  2.6  At stop sign, turn left onto Highway 53 (Jefferson Pkwy.) CAUTION: Cross traffic does not stop  17.3  12.4  Turn right onto Rte. 15 South (James Madison Highway).  21.2  3.9  CAUTION: Enter School Zone  23.5  2.3  Bear left (towards Rte. 6) follow signs to Richmond  23.7  0.2  At stop sign, turn left onto Rte. 6 East  28.3  4.6  Make right turn onto Rte. 690 South (Columbia Rd.) CAUTION: 6.4 miles of narrow uneven road surface. Two way local traffic and no center dividing line.  34.8  6.5  CAUTION: Hard left at Duncan's store  39.8  5.0  At stop sign, turn right onto Rte. 45 South (Cartersville Rd.)  42.3  2.5  Cat Fish General Store  51.1  8.8  At stop sign turn right on Rte. 60 West (towards Cumberland)  53.1  1.2  Enter Cumberland 35 MPH  55.9  2.8  Continue straight on Rte. 60 West  68.3  12.4  At traffic light continue straight on Rte. 60 west towards Lexington  69.4  1.1  CAUTION: School Zone  74.0  4.6  Bear right onto Rte. 56 towards Lovington  84.8  10.8 CAUTION: Slow for railroad tracks   94.5  9.7  Welcome to Shipman  94.8  0.3  Turn left onto Oakridge Rd.  97.1  2.3  Turn left into Oakridge staging area ROUTE 29 NORTH TO KESWICK DIRECT ROUTE 45 MINUTES  MILEAGE  INTERVAL  DIRECTIONS  0.0  0.0  Zero Odometer. Exit Oakridge and turn left onto Oakridge Rd.  2.2  2.2  At stop sign, turn right onto Rte. 29 North  3.1  0.9  CAUTION: School Zone  34.1  31  Move right, enter 1-64 East towards Richmond  39.6  5.5  Move into right lane  40.0  0.4  Take exit 124 onto Rte. 250 towards Shadwell.  40.4  0.4  At traffic signal, turn right onto Rte. 250 East.  42.5  2.1  Continue straight on Rte. 250 East  42.8  0.3  Turn left onto Keswick Rd. (731)  43.6  0.8  Turn left onto Keswick Rd. (731)  44.1  0.5  Turn right into Keswick Hall and make immediate left into Liberty staging area. BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY DRIVE TO KESWICK SCENIC ROUTE 1:45 MINUTES  MILEAGE  INTERVAL  DIRECTIONS  0.0  0.0  Turn left onto Oakridge Rd. (Rte. 653)  2.1  2.1  At stop sign turn left onto Rte. 29 South (CAUTION: Divided highway)  2.3  0.2  CAUTION: School Zone  2.9  0.6  Move into right lane  3.2  0.3  Turn right onto Rte. 56 (Tye Brooke Highway)  4.3  1.1  Turn right onto Roseland Rd.  8.2  3.9  At stop sign, turn left onto Rte. 151 South  8.2  0.0  Take immediate right turn onto Rte. 56 West (Crabtree Falls Highway)  16.3  8.1  Bear left  23.2  6.9  Montebello general store on right; rest stop or driver change if necessary  24.9  1.7  Bear right  26.2  1.4  Turn right following Parkway sign.  47.5  21.2  Rest stop or driver change  53.2  5.7  Turn right towards 1-64  53.3  0.1  At stop sign, turn right onto 250 West  53.6  0.3  At traffic signal, turn left towards 1-64  53.7  0.1  Bear left onto 164 East towards Charlottesville  78.0  24.3  Move to right lane  78.3  0.3  Take exit 124 to Rte. 250 78.6 0.3  At traffic light, turn right onto Rte. 250 East  80.1  1.5  Move to left lane  80.5  0.4  Turn left onto Louisa Rd. (Rte. 22) CAUTION: Oncoming traffic  82.1  1.6  Turn right onto Hunt Club Rd. follow signs to Keswick  82.3  0.2  At stop sign continue straight, crossing Rte. 731 Enter Keswick Hall, immediate left into Liberty staging area Comments? Questions? Write me at george@loper.org.