Virginia State Route 71

{{Short description|State highway in western Virginia, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=VA |type=VA |route=71 |length_mi=35.82 |length_ref=<ref name="traffic counts Scott">{{cite web|url= http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_084_Scott_2005.pdf |title=2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Scott County }} {{small|(269 KB)}}</ref><ref name="traffic counts Russell">{{cite web|url= http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_083_Russell_2005.pdf |title=2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Russell County }} {{small|(233 KB)}}</ref> |length_round=2 |established=July 1, 1933<ref>{{cite news |title=New Numbers of Va. Highways Effective July 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42704631/va_route_changes_may_10_1933/ |access-date=January 21, 2020 |work=The Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=May 10, 1933 |page=5|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |tourist=20px|alt=|link= Virginia Byway |map=VA 71 map.svg |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{jct|state=VA|US-Bus|23|US-Bus|58|US-Bus|421|dab1=Gate City|dab2=Gate City|dab3=Gate City}} in Gate City |junction={{jct|state=VA|US-Alt|58}} at Dickensonville |terminus_b={{jct|state=VA|US-Bus|19|dab1=Lebanon}} in Lebanon |counties=Scott, Russell |previous_type=VA |previous_route=70 |next_type=VA |next_route=72 }} '''State Route 71''' ('''SR 71''') is a primary state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from Gate City northeast to Lebanon, mostly through river valleys. Despite running more east–west than north–south, it is signed north–south; it parallels the similarly-oriented U.S. Route 11 and Interstate 81.

==Route description== thumb|right|View north along SR 71 at US 58 Alt. in Dickensonville SR 71 begins in Gate City, Scott County where U.S. Routes 23/58/421 Business leaves Jackson Street to head southeast through Moccasin Gap. It runs in a general east-northeasterly direction, soon joining Big Moccasin Creek. The road and creek run through the Moccasin Valley past Slabtown (where SR 72 begins) to Snowflake, where SR 71 leaves the creek to cross Moccasin Ridge. SR 71 leaves the ridge at Dorton Fort and enters the valley formed by Copper Creek, running past Nickelsville.<ref name=GM>{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=E+Jackson+St&daddr=Trail+of+the+Lonesome+Pine&hl=en&ll=36.76849,-82.3373&spn=0.473037,0.891953&sll=36.894629,-82.095374&sspn=0.001845,0.003484&geocode=FVgRLwId1_AT-w%3BFbH3MgId_VIb-w&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=19&t=m&z=11 |access-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref>

SR 71 continues in Russell County in a general east-northeasterly direction past Grassy Creek to U.S. Route 58 Alternate at Parsonage. The routes overlap to Dickensonville, where SR 71 splits, continuing to follow Copper Creek to near its source, passing over a small summit, and then following small creeks to its end at US 19 Bus. in Lebanon.<ref name=GM/>

==History== Most of present SR 71, from SR 11 (now US 58 Alt.) at Parsonage southwest to about {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} from Gate City, was added to the state highway system in 1928 as '''SR 107''';<ref>{{CTB minutes|08-1928-02|page=12}}</ref> the final {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} were added the next year.<ref>{{CTB minutes|08-1929-01|page=15}}</ref> In the 1933 renumbering, SR 107 was renumbered SR 71 and extended east from Parsonage along former SR 11 (renumbered SR 64 then) to Dickensonville, replacing the former SR 110 from there to US 19 at Hansonville.<ref name=VHP>[http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va061-080.htm#va71 Virginia Highways Project: VA 71]{{unreliable source?|failed=y|date=August 2014}}</ref> As part of the 1940 renumbering, which coordinated numbers with adjacent states, SR 64 and SR 71 were swapped east of Dickensonville, giving SR 71 its present terminus at Lebanon.<ref>{{CTB minutes|10-1940-01|page=12}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{mileposts}} {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=VDOTGIS>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cd4d084cccc84cea9e77a08e3de20fa2|title=VDOT Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)|year=2012|publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation|format=Shapefile|access-date=May 17, 2014}}</ref>}} {{VAint |county=Scott |cspan=4 |location=Gate City |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=VA|US-Bus|23|dab1=Gate City|US-Bus|58|dab2=Gate City|US-Bus|421|dab3=Gate City|name3=West Jackson Street / Kane Street}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{VAint |mile= |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|72|dir1=north|name1=Veterans Memorial Highway}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 72 }} {{VAint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|613|county1=Scott|name1=Big Moccasin Road}} |notes=to former SR 74 east }} {{VAint |location=none |mile= |road={{jct|state=VA|Sec|774|county1=Scott|name1=Long Hollow Road|to2=to|SR|65|city1=Dungannon}} |notes=former SR 72 north }} {{VAint |county=Russell |cspan=3 |location=Parsonage |mile=25.61 |road={{jct|state=VA|US-Alt|58|dir1=west|city1=St. Paul|city2=Norton}} |notes=Southern end of US 58 Alt. concurrency }} {{VAint |location=Dickensonville |mile=27.07 |road={{jct|state=VA|US-Alt|58|dir1=east|city1=Hansonville|city2=Abingdon}} |notes=Northern end of US 58 Alt. concurrency }} {{VAint |location=Lebanon |mile=35.82 |road={{jct|state=VA|US-Bus|19|dab1=Lebanon|name1=Main Street|city1=Bluefield|city2=Abingdon|city3=Bristol}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

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==External links== {{commons category|Virginia State Route 71}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va071-080.htm#va71 Virginia Highways Project: VA 71]

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