Virginia State Route 125
{{Short description|State highway in Suffolk, Virginia, United States}}
{{For|former State Routes numbered 125|State Route 125 (Virginia 1924-1928)|State Route 125 (Virginia 1928)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state = VA
|type = VA
|route = 125
|alternate_name = Kings Highway
|length_mi = 5.73
|length_round = 2
|length_notes = 2 sections
|map = VA 125 map.svg
|established = 1963
|direction_a = West
|direction_b = East
|terminus_a = {{jct|state=VA|SR|10|SR|32}} at Chuckatuck
|junction = Gap at Nansemond River
|terminus_b = {{jct|state=VA|SR|337}} at Driver
|counties = City of Suffolk
|previous_type = VA
|previous_route = 124
|next_type = VA
|next_route = 126
}}
State Route 125 (SR 125) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Kings Highway, the state highway has two sections that run a total of {{convert|5.73|mi|km}} from SR 10 and SR 32 at Chuckatuck east to SR 337 at Driver within the independent city of Suffolk. SR 125 consists of a {{convert|2.69|mi|km|adj=on}} western section and a {{convert|3.04|mi|km|adj=on}} eastern section separated by a gap at the Nansemond River. This gap arose when the Kings Highway Bridge across the river was removed in 2008.
Route description
SR 125 begins at an intersection with SR 10 and SR 32 (Godwin Boulevard) in the hamlet of Chuckatuck in the city of Suffolk. The state highway heads east as a two-lane undivided road that passes historic St. John's Church then veers south to a dead end at Hollidays Point on the Nansemond River at the former site of the Kings Highway Bridge. SR 125 picks up again at a dead end due south of the western segment's dead end to the north of Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge. The highway veers east and passes through a forested area to the community of Driver, where the highway reaches its eastern terminus at SR 337 (Nansemond Parkway). Traveling between Chuckatuck and Driver requires crossing the Nansemond River near its mouth on U.S. Route 17 (US 17) on the Nansemond River Bridge or on one of several crossings of the river at its head of navigation in the center of Suffolk.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=VA|indep_city=Suffolk|length_ref=}}
{{VAint
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|10|SR|32|name2=Godwin Boulevard|city1=Downtown Suffolk|city2=Smithfield|city3=Newport News}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{VAint
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=VA|road|Crittenden Road|city1=Hobson}}
|notes=former SR 192 east
}}
{{VAint
|mile=2.69
|mile2=0.00
|line=yes
|bridge=Gap at former site of Kings Highway Bridge at Nansemond River
}}
{{VAint
|mile=3.04
|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|337|name1=Nansemond Parkway|city1=Portsmouth|city2=Downtown Suffolk}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
- [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2010/AADT_061_Nansemond_2010.pdf City of Suffolk] (PDF)
}}
External links
{{commons category|Virginia State Route 125}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
- [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va121-140.htm#va125 Virginia Highways Project: VA 125]