Virginia State Route 37

{{Short description|State highway in Frederick County, Virginia}}

{{Infobox road

|state=VA

|type=VA

|route=37

|alternate_name=Winchester Bypass

|map=VASR 37 map.svg

|maint=Virginia DOT

|length_mi=9.104

|length_ref=Virginia Department of Transportation, [http://gis.virginiadot.org/data_download/data_download_draft_roadway_network.asp DRAFT Roadway Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518112103/http://gis.virginiadot.org/data_download/data_download_draft_roadway_network.asp |date=May 18, 2008 }} (GIS data), October 2006

|length_round=3

|established=early 1960s

|direction_a=South

|direction_b=North

|terminus_a={{jct|state=VA|Sec|642|county1=Frederick|Sec|847|county2=Frederick}} south of Winchester

|junction={{plainlist|

{{jct|state=VA|I|81}} south of Winchester
{{Jct|state=VA|US|11}} south of Winchester
{{jct|state=VA|US|50}} west of Winchester
{{jct|state=VA|US|522}} northwest of Winchester

}}

|terminus_b={{jct|state=VA|US|11}} north of Winchester

|previous_type=SR

|previous_route=36

|next_type=SR

|next_route=38

}}

State Route 37 (SR 37) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Winchester Bypass, it forms a western bypass of Winchester, connecting to Interstate 81 (I-81) at both ends. Although the road is a freeway, neither I-81 connection is freeway standard; the south end (exit 310) is a diamond interchange with two traffic signals, while, at the north end, drivers must use a short piece of U.S. Route 11 (US 11) to connect with I-81 at exit 317. In addition to local access, the highway connects to US 50 and US 522, two major highways that lead west and northwest into West Virginia and north to I-70 at Hancock, Maryland. An eastern bypass, known locally as "Route 37 East" has been proposed in statewide and local plans to complete the loop.Frederick County, Virginia Board of Supervisors, [http://www.co.frederick.va.us/boardofsup/Minutes/032702.htm Board Meeting Minutes] of March 27, 2002 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924114339/http://www.co.frederick.va.us/boardofsup/Minutes/032702.htm |date=September 24, 2005 }}Stephanie K. Moran, Winchester Star, VDOT to Cut Road Budget by a Third, May 16, 2002Winchester Star, Supervisors to Wait for Word on Va. 37 East, January 16, 2004Virginia Department of Transportation, [http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/resources/staunton.pdf 2025 State Highway Plan: Primary System, Staunton District]Win-Fred Metropolitan Planning Organization, [http://www.winfredmpo.org/pdf/winfredmpo_2030transplan_mapside.pdf 2030 Transportation Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002071859/http://www.winfredmpo.org/pdf/winfredmpo_2030transplan_mapside.pdf |date=October 2, 2011 }}

Route description

File:2019-09-27 10 18 08 View south along Virginia State Route 37 (Winchester Bypass) from the overpass for Virginia State Route 621 (Merrimans Lane) in Hill Crest, Frederick County, Virginia.jpg

Route 37 begins at an intersection with Hillandale Road (SR 847), a local frontage road along the east side of I-81, and Tasker Road (SR 642), which leads southeast to US 522 near Armel. It immediately crosses I-81 at exit 310, a diamond interchange with two traffic signals on SR 37, and then becomes a freeway, soon junctioning US 11 (Valley Pike) with a partial cloverleaf. The next interchange is a diamond at Cedar Creek Grade (SR 622), and SR 37 reaches its approximate midpoint at US 50 (Northwestern Pike), another diamond. A trumpet interchange completed in 2001 connects to the Winchester Medical Center, and the final diamond is with US 522 (Frederick Pike) at the northwestern corner. SR 37 ends at a partial Y interchange with US 11 (Martinsburg Pike), at which SR 37 traffic can only access US 11 north and only traffic from US 11 south can access SR 37, although a northbound exit to Cives Lane was added in about 2000 to allow SR 37 traffic to access US 11 south. About 1/2 mile (1 km) of US 11 is a divided highway, connecting SR 37 with I-81 at exit 317.Google Maps street maps and USGS topographic maps, accessed via [http://mapper.acme.com/ ACME Mapper]

History

File:2019-08-02 08 29 38 View south along U.S. Route 11 (Martinsburg Pike) at the exit for Virginia State Route 37 SOUTH (TO U.S. Route 522 NORTH, TO U.S. Route 50 WEST) in Sunnyside, Frederick County, Virginia.jpg

Route 37 was defined as the proposed Winchester By-Pass by 1963,{{CTB minutes|03-1963-01}}, p. 55 and was included in the statewide Arterial Network when it was created in 1964.{{CTB minutes|03-1964-01}}, p. 27 When I-81 opened past Winchester in November 1965,Virginia Department of Transportation, [http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/constSTAN-I81-history.asp I-81 History], October 29, 2006 it included an interchange south of Winchester, taking traffic between I-81 and US 11 along a short connecting road.United States Geological Survey, [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/250k/txu-pclmaps-topo-us-cumberland-1969.jpg Cumberland, MD.; W. VA.; PA.; VA.] (scale 1:250,000), 1956, revised 1969 The north half of the bypass, from US 50 west of Winchester north and east to US 11 north of the city, opened in the late 1960s, and the semicircle was completed in the late 1970s, with the linking of Route 37 to the existing I-81/US 11 connection. A new bridge carrying southbound SR 37 over I-81 was built, but otherwise the diamond interchange was not modified.Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory database, 2006 The only change to the major bypass since it was constructed has been a new trumpet interchange serving the Winchester Medical Center; construction began in September 2000Winchester Star, Long-Awaited Interchange on Way, September 22, 2000 and was completed in November 2001.Winchester Star, Halseth Enumerates VHS 2001 Growth, May 15, 2002 A single ramp from SR 37 north to Cives Lane, allowing traffic at the north end of the bypass to access US 11 south, was built in about 2000.Frederick County, Virginia Board of Supervisors, [http://www.co.frederick.va.us/boardofsup/Minutes/061202.htm Meeting Minutes of 06/12/2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050418192535/http://www.co.frederick.va.us/boardofsup/Minutes/061202.htm |date=April 18, 2005 }}: "Resolution Re: Changes in the Primary and secondary System Due to relocation, Construction and Right-of-Way Abandonment on Entrance and Exit Ramps on Route 37 at its Intersection with Route 11 North" {{Cite web |url=http://www.co.frederick.va.us/boardofsup/Minutes/061202.htm |title=Board Meeting Minutes of 06/12/2002 |access-date=October 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050418192535/http://www.co.frederick.va.us/boardofsup/Minutes/061202.htm |archive-date=April 18, 2005 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Major intersections

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=0.000

|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|642|county1=Frederick|name1=Tasker Road|Sec|847|county2=Frederick|name2=Hillandale Lane}}

|notes=Southern terminus; at-grade intersection

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=0.041

|mile2=0.132

|road={{jct|state=VA|I|81|city1=Roanoke|city2=Winchester|location3=Martinsburg}}

|notes=I-81 exit 310

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=0.180

|mile2=0.547

|road={{jct|state=VA|US|11|city1=Stephens City|city2=Kernstown|city3=Winchester}}

|notes=interchange

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=2.859

|mile2=3.382

|road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|622|county1=Frederick|city1=Winchester|city2=Opequon}}

|notes=Diamond interchange

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=5.198

|mile2=5.737

|road={{jct|state=VA|US|50|city1=Winchester|location2=Romney}}

|notes=Diamond interchange

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=6.124

|mile2=6.529

|road={{jct|extra=hospital}} Winchester Medical Center

|notes=Trumpet interchange

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=6.871

|mile2=7.436

|road={{jct|state=VA|US|522|city1=Winchester|location2=Berkeley Springs}}

|notes=Diamond interchange

}}

{{VAint

|location=none

|mile=9.104

|road={{jct|state=VA|US|11|to2=to|I|81|city1=Winchester|location2=Martinsburg|city3=Roanoke}}

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

References

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State Route 037