Wytheville, Virginia
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Wytheville is a town in, and the county seat of, Wythe County, Virginia, United States. It is named after George Wythe, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and mentor to Thomas Jefferson. Wytheville's population was 8,264 at the 2020 census. Interstate Highways 77 and 81 were constructed to intersect at the town, a long a crossroads for travelers.
Main Street in Wytheville
Wytheville c. 1845
Wytheville's hot air balloon-themed water tower, inspired by the town's yearly Chautauqua Festival balloon launches, can be seen by I-81 travellers near the I-77 interchange.
The courthouse in Wytheville, Virginia.
Concurrency (road)
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A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex, triplex, multiplex, dual routing or triple routing.
An extreme example: I-40, I-85 Business, US 29, US 70, US 220, and US 421 formerly ran concurrently in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2008, I-40 was rerouted off this road but was put back on it later that same year with US 220 being rerouted instead. US 421 was also rerouted in 2009.
The Queen Elizabeth Way concurrent with Highway 403 in Ontario
A section of Ontario Highway 400 runs concurrent with a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Concurrency of the city beltway, a European road, and three first-class roads in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic