U.S. Route 29 in Virginia

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U.S. Route 29
29th Infantry Division Memorial Highway
US 29 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length	248.0 mi[1] (399.1 km)
Existed	1931–present
Tourist routes	Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway Virginia Byway
Major junctions
South end	Future I-785 / US 29 near Reidsville, NC
Major intersections	US 58 in Danville US 460 near Lynchburg I-64 near Charlottesville US 250 in Charlottesville US 33 in Ruckersville US 522 near Culpeper US 17 near Warrenton US 15 in Gainesville US 50 in Fairfax I-66 in Arlington
North end	US 29 in Washington, DC
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Counties	City of Danville, Pittsylvania, Campbell, City of Lynchburg, Amherst, Nelson, Albemarle, City of Charlottesville, Greene, Madison, Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, Arlington
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Virginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes
← SR 28 → SR 30
← I-664 SR 785 → SR 895

U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a major north–south route in the commonwealth of Virginia. It covers 248.0 miles (399.1 km) from the North Carolina border at the city of Danville to the Key Bridge in Washington DC. US 29 roughly bisects Virginia into eastern and western halves and, along with Interstate 81 (I-81) and US 11 in western Virginia and I-85/I-95 as well as US 1 farther east, provides one of the major north–south routes through the commonwealth.

Since 1928, when the Virginia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 64, much of US 29 in Virginia is known as the Seminole Trail.^[2][3] Through Northern Virginia, it is known as the Lee Highway, except in Falls Church, where it acts as the east–west divider for city streets and is called North or South Washington Street, and Arlington, where it was renamed Langston Boulevard in July 2021 in honor of John Mercer Langston.^[4] On April 7, 1993, the Virginia General Assembly officially designated the entire length of US 29 from the North Carolina border to the Potomac River as the "29th Infantry Division Memorial Highway" in honor of the 29th Infantry Division, which, along with the 1st Infantry Division, formed the spearhead of the U.S. infantry that landed on the morning of June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach in Normandy as part of the liberation of France during World War II. In addition, the name of this highway serves to honor many members of the Virginia Army National Guard who serve as part of this National Guard Division today. Signs indicating this designation have been placed periodically on both sides of US 29.

For most of its route through Virginia, US 29 has been constructed to be at least four lanes along its route, with the two short exceptions being where the highway passes through Manassas National Battlefield Park, where it is two lanes wide for approximately three miles (4.8 km), and through Fairfax and Arlington counties, where it is sometimes wider. It can also be six and eight lanes in much of northern Albemarle County.^{[clarification needed]}

US 29 in Virginia has 11 bypasses around various cities and towns. These bypasses are around Danville, Chatham, Gretna, Hurt–Altavista, Lynchburg–Madison Heights–Amherst, Lovingston, Charlottesville, Madison, Culpeper, Remington, and Warrenton. In addition, I-66 serves for the most part as a bypass of Manassas and also Fairfax and Arlington.