Virginia State Route 204

{{Short description|State highway in Westmoreland County, Virginia, US}} {{For|the former State Route 204|State Route 204 (Virginia 1928-1933)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=VA |type=VA |route=204 |alternate_name=Popes Creek Road |length_mi=1.73 |length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/> |length_round=2 |map=VA 204 map.svg |established=1933 |tourist=20px|alt=|link= Virginia Byway |direction_a=West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{jct|state=VA|SR|3}} near Potomac Mills |junction= |terminus_b=Washington's Birthplace |counties=Westmoreland |previous_type=VA |previous_route=203 |next_type=VA |next_route=205 }}

'''State Route 204''' ('''SR 204''') is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as '''Popes Creek Road''', the state highway runs {{convert|1.73|mi|km}} from SR 3 near Potomac Mills east to George Washington Birthplace National Monument in northwestern Westmoreland County.

SR 204 is a Virginia Byway.

==Route description== thumb|right|View west at the east end of SR 204 at the George Washington Birthplace National Monument SR 204 begins at an intersection with SR 3 (Kings Highway) just north of Potomac Mills, the former site of a mill on Popes Creek. The state highway heads straight east-northeast through a forested area with intermittent farmland. As SR 204 approaches George Washington Birthplace National Monument, the state highway passes between fields and is flanked by rows of trees. The state highway reaches its eastern terminus at the entrance to the national monument, just east of which is a four-leg roundabout that contains in its center a replica of the Washington Monument.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps VA 204"/>

==History== SR 204 was designated in July 1933. The section from SR 3 to the George Washington Birthplace was a renumbering of '''State Route 610''', and a second section from US 360 north to Oak Row was a renumbering of '''State Route 609'''. In August 1933, the southern section extended north to a church {{convert|0.7|mi|km}} north of Oak Row. In May 1938, the southern section extended north to SR 623. In April 1949, this southern section was cancelled (it is now SR 624).

==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/>|state=VA|county=Westmoreland}} {{VAint |location=Wakefield Corner |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|3|name1=Kings Highway|city1=Kilmarnock|city2=Fredericksburg}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{VAint |location=none |mile=1.73 |road=George Washington Birthplace National Monument |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}

==References== <references>

<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data">{{cite web|url=http://www.virginiadot.org/info/2010_traffic_data_by_jurisdiction.asp|title=2010 Traffic Data|publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation|year=2010|access-date=2011-12-05}} *[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2010/AADT_096_Westmoreland_2010.pdf Westmoreland County] (PDF) </ref>

<ref name="Google Maps VA 204">{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=VA-204+E%2FPopes+Creek+Rd&daddr=VA-204+E%2FPopes+Creek+Rd&hl=en&ll=38.18099,-76.938972&spn=0.05249,0.077162&sll=38.185071,-76.923351&sspn=0.013122,0.01929&geocode=Fc51RgIdetpp-w%3BFfmiRgIdqkhq-w&vpsrc=6&mra=ls&t=h&z=14|title=Virginia State Route 204|access-date=2011-12-05}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Virginia State Route 204}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va201-220.htm#va204 Virginia Highways Project: VA 204]

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