Virginia State Route 164

State Route 164 marker
State Route 164
SR 164 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by VDOT and Elizabeth River Crossings
Length12.17 mi[1] (19.59 km)
Existedby 1969[2]–present
Major junctions
West end US 17 in Suffolk
Major intersections
East end I-264 in Portsmouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesCity of Suffolk, City of Portsmouth
Highway system
SR 163 SR 165

State Route 164 (SR 164) is a 7.27-mile-long (11.70 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia that connects the northern parts of Suffolk and Portsmouth with Newport News and Hampton via Interstate 664 (I-664) with Downtown Portsmouth and Norfolk through either the Downtown or Midtown Tunnels.

The first section, known as the Western Freeway, is a four- to six-lane freeway that runs from U.S. Route 17 (US 17) in Suffolk east to the Pinners Point Interchange, which was its previous terminus. However, when the extension to the Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway opened in December 2016, the terminus was relocated to an interchange with Interstate 264.

Although SR 164 is a freeway, bicycles and pedestrians, but not mopeds, are allowed over the West Norfolk Bridge between West Norfolk Road and a pair of special ramps to Bayview Boulevard and Florida Avenue.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference VDOT Traffic Data was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (April 25, 1969). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 79.
  3. ^ "Google Street View imagery (October 2015) showing pedestrian/bicycle exit ramp on SR 164" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 13, 2017.