Virginia State Route 238
{{short description|State highway in Virginia, United States}}
{{For|the former State Route 238|State Route 238 (Virginia 1933-1940)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=VA
|type=VA
|route=238
|length_mi=7.75
|length_round=2
|established=1940
|map=VA 238 map.svg
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=VA|US|60}} in Newport News
|junction=
- {{jct|state=VA|I|64}} in Newport News
- {{jct|state=VA|SR|143}} in Newport News
- {{jct|state=VA|US|17}} near Yorktown
|terminus_b=USCG Training Center near Yorktown
|counties=City of Newport News, York
|previous_type=VA
|previous_route=237
|next_type=VA
|next_route=239
}}
State Route 238 (SR 238) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs {{convert|7.75|mi|km}} from U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Newport News east to United States Coast Guard Training Center – Yorktown near Yorktown. SR 238 connects Interstate 64 (I-64) with Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, the Yorktown portion of Colonial National Historical Park, and the Coast Guard training center. The majority of SR 238 is part of the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route.
Route description
SR 238 begins at an oblique intersection with US 60 (Warwick Boulevard) in the Lee Hall area of the independent city of Newport News. The state highway heads north as two-lane undivided Yorktown Road and immediately has a grade crossing of CSX's Peninsula Subdivision. SR 238 passes the Lee Hall Mansion before expanding to a four-lane divided highway through its partial diamond interchange with I-64. The interchange provides access to and from the direction of Norfolk; access to I-64 in the direction of Richmond is provided by SR 143 (Jefferson Avenue) at the next intersection. SR 238 continues north as a two-lane undivided road whose name changes to Old Williamsburg Road on entering York County. The state highway gradually curves to the east as it follows the edge of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, whose main entrance is in the community of Lackey.
East of Lackey, SR 238 enters Colonial National Historical Park, where the highway passes through a forested area with scattered residential subdivisions. The state highway turns southeast onto Goosley Road while Old Williamsburg Road continues to the center of Yorktown. SR 238 intersects US 17 (George Washington Memorial Highway) before turning north onto Cook Road, then east on Moore House Road within a large field that was the site of fighting in the Revolutionary War Siege of Yorktown. Moore House Road heads west into the center of Yorktown and provides access to Colonial Parkway. SR 238 follows Moore House Road parallel to the York River, then veers inland along Ballard Street while Moore House Road continues straight into a residential neighborhood. SR 238 reaches its eastern terminus just beyond Nelson Road at the entrance to United States Coast Guard Training Center – Yorktown.
Major intersections
{{VAint
|indep_city=Newport News
|lspan=3
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=VA|US|60|name1=Warwick Boulevard}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{VAint
|type=incomplete
|mile=0.94
|road={{Jct|state=VA|I|64|dir1=east|city1=Hampton|city2=Norfolk}}
|notes=I-64 exit 247
}}
{{VAint
|mile=1.12
|road={{Jct|state=VA|SR|143|name1=Jefferson Avenue|to2=to|I|64|dir2=west}}
}}
{{VAint
|county=York
|cspan=4
|location=none
|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|1020|county1=York|dir1=east|name1=Old Williamsburg Road|city1=Yorktown|location2=Waterfront|location3=Colonial Parkway|location4=American Revolution Museum at Yorktown}}
|notes=former SR 238 east
}}
{{VAint
|location=none
|mile=5.62
|road={{Jct|state=VA|US|17|name1=George Washington Memorial Highway|city1=Gloucester|city2=Newport News|location3=Colonial Parkway|location4=Historic Yorktown}}
}}
{{VAint
|location=Yorktown
|lspan=2
|road=Ballard Street - Yorktown, Battlefield Visitor Center, Waterfront
|notes=former SR 238 west
}}
{{VAint
|mile=7.75
|road=Training Center Yorktown
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
- [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2010/AADT_094_Warwick_2010.pdf City of Newport News] (PDF)
- [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2010/AADT_099_York_2010.pdf York County and City of Poquoson] (PDF)
}}
External links
{{commons category|Virginia State Route 238}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
- [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va221-240.htm#va238 Virginia Highways Project: VA 238]
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{{VA 1928-1933 3D|5|513|515}}
{{VA 1928-1933 3D|5|517|519}}
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