US 250

 US Route 250 is a road that goes from US 6 in Sandusky, Ohio to US 360 in Richmond, Virginia. Since this is a Virginia-based website, this page will only have the eastern part of the route in Virginia.

The route east of Staunton mainly serves as a local route to I-64, while serving as the main route to Highland County and points west on the other side of Staunton.

US 250 Shield

The Route Path:

US 250 enters Virginia over Allegheny Mountain, heading southeast as it goes parallel to the state line. Shortly after, the route starts to descend down the mountains as a very curvy road, before eventually reaching the community of Hightown. There, US 250 intersects SR-640, before climbing up another mountain.

The route heads up some steep curves, before eventually going back down the other side of the mountain. After descending, US 250 enters the Town of Monterey, passing through the town and intersecting US 220.

Shortly after, the route leaves the town and curves to the south as it begins to pass through more mountains. Eventually, US 250 curves back east and reaches the community of McDowell. In the community, the route intersects SR-654 and SR-678, before yet again continuing east towards a mountain range.

In these mountains, US 250 intersects SR-614, before passing through the community of Head Waters. From here, the route heads southeast on a straight stretch before beginning a rapid ascent. Eventually, US 250 passes by Fort Edward Johnson and enters Augusta County.

The route begins its descent, still heading mostly southeast. Once this descent from the mountain range is over, US 250 curves a few times before reaching the community of West Augusta. Here, the route intersects SR-629 and aims northeast. Eventually, after passing through tons of wooded areas, US 250 curves southeast and leaves the George Washington National Forest. From here, the route passes through the unincorporated community of Lone Fountain, before reaching the CDP of Churchville.

In Churchville, US 250 intersects the west end of a concurrency with VA-42. The routes head southeast into the main part of the CDP, and VA-42 splits back off from US 250 here. After the concurrency, the route passes through the eastern part of Churchville, eventually leaving the CDP and continuing through part of rural Augusta County.

After a while, US 250 crosses the Middle River, still continuing southeast before intersecting SR-732. Shortly after, the route enters the City of Staunton and immediately widens to a 4-lane divided highway as it reaches a diamond interchange with VA-262. After the interchange, US 250 shrinks back to a 2-lane road and heads southeast through rural parts of the city.

The route passes by the Staunton Park neighborhood, before eventually turning south, right before turning back east as it approaches Downtown Staunton. Shortly after this, US 250 reaches an intersection with US 11 Business, turning south onto a concurrency with the business route into Downtown Staunton.

In the middle of the city, the routes intersect VA-254 before turning east at an intersection with the north end of VA-252. Right after this, the routes intersect Mainline US 11, and US 250 turns south onto the route before almost immediately, US 250 splits off from US 11 and heads east as a 4-lane undivided road before dividing.

The route intersects Slater Blvd, before curving southeast and passing by numerous businesses. Eventually, US 250 leaves Staunton and re-enters Augusta County as it reaches an interchange with I-81. After the interchange, the route heads east, before eventually entering the CDP of Fishersville.

In Fishersville, US 250 heads east, intersecting VA-358/SR-636, before curving southeast and intersecting SR-608 in the main part of the CDP. Right after that intersection, the route has an intersection with the north end of VA-285. After these intersections, US 250 continues southeast through the eastern part of Fishersville, passing by the neighborhood of Westover Hills before leaving the CDP/Augusta County as it enters the City of Waynesboro.

After entering the city, the route has an intersection with Lew Dewitt Boulevard, still heading southeast towards downtown. Eventually, US 250 intersects the Hopeman Parkway, shortly before reaching an intersection with US 340. At the intersection, US 250 turns north onto a concurrency with Truck US 340 North, and the routes curve east.

A couple blocks later, US 250/US 340 Truck intersect VA-254, continuing east from the intersection. Eventually, the routes pass just north of the center of the city, before crossing the South River. Shortly after this, US 250/US 340 Truck curve southeast before re-uniting with US 340 Mainline. US 250 turns east onto the mainline US 340, before the latter splits off the concurrency less than 1,000 feet later.

US 250 continues east, before curving south as it approaches the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the route starts to ascend the mountains, it leaves the City of Waynesboro and re-enters Augusta County. Just after leaving the city, US 250 curves northeast, still climbing up the mountain, before curving directly south. Eventually, the route reaches Rockfish Gap, where it has an interchange with I-64, almost immediately before having a small interchange with the transition point of Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway. Just after this, US 250 enters Nelson County, beginning to descend from Rockfish Gap. Eventually, the route reaches an intersection with the west end of VA-6, shortly before entering Albemarle County.

From here, US 250 curves to the southeast, eventually intersecting SR-750, before reaching a roundabout with the north end of VA-151. Shortly after this, the route passed by SR-692 and curves northeast as it crosses Stockton Creek. Eventually, US 250 intersects SR-691, curving more to the east before reaching a diamond interchange with I-64. After this, the route curves east, before eventually reaching an intersection with the west end of VA-240. US 250 continues east, passing by numerous neighborhoods and businesses. After an intersection with Normandy Drive, the route curves northeast, before eventually reaching the east end of VA-240 east of Crozet.

US 250 curves east again at this intersection, heading away from the Blue Ridge. Eventually, the route passes through the CDP of Ivy, where it intersects the south end of SR-678 and crosses Little Ivy Creek. After crossing the creek, US 250 has an intersection with the north end of SR-637, before continuing east.

Eventually, the route crosses the Ivy Creek, before intersecting Bloomfield Road. From here, US 250 continues to head east, passing by the neighborhoods of Flordon and Ednam. While passing by Ednam, the route passes by Boar's Head Resort before curving southeast at an intersection with SR-846. Just after this, US 250 reaches an interchange with US 29 and turns north onto the freeway, while US 250 Business begins and continues east from the interchange into Charlottesville.

After this, the routes have a north/eastbound only exit for Leonard Sandridge Road, followed by a diamond interchange exit for SR-654 (Barracks Road) as they head northeast. Just after the exit, US 250/US 29 enter the City of Charlottesville shortly before reaching an interchange with US 29 Business. At this interchange, US 29 splits from the concurrency, leaving US 250 heading east on the bypass.

Just east of the interchange, the route intersects Hydraulic Road/Rugby Road, with the former heading north before becoming SR-743. From here, US 250 curves southeast, having an exit for Dairy Road, eventually followed by an exit for Rugby Avenue, which leads to McIntire Park. The route continues southeast from here, before having an exit for the south end of the John W. Warner Parkway. Just after this, US 250 has an exit for Park Street, which leads to SR-631, soon followed by an exit for St. Charles Avenue/Locust Avenue/St. Clair Avenue right before the freeway ends and becomes Long Street.

US 250 continues southeast as Long Street, before meeting the east end of its business route, which is also carrying VA-20. The route heads east with VA-20, immediately crossing the Rivanna River back into Albemarle County. Shortly after this, VA-20 splits off the concurrency to head north at an intersection with SR-1116. US 250 continues southeast as it begins to ascend a gap in the Southwest Mountains in Pantops. While climbing the mountain, the route regains a median, before completing its ascent at an intersection with SR-1779. US 250 passes by numerous businesses, intersecting SR-1117. Shortly after this, the route intersects SR-1109/SR-1140, before reaching a Diverging-Diamond Interchange with I-64.

After the DDI, US 250 curves east as it shrinks into a 3-lane undivided highway. Eventually, the route reaches the CDP of Shadwell, where it has an intersection with the west end of VA-22. After that intersection, US 250 intersects SR-729, before crossing the Camp Branch and continuing east. Not long after, the route intersects Glenmore Way, which provides access to the community of Glenmore before curving southeast, eventually crossing the Carroll Creek. After about 1.5 miles, US 250 reaches an intersection with SR-616 (Black Cat Road/Union Mills Road), which heads north to I-64. From the intersection, the route continues east for about 0.85 miles before entering Fluvanna County.

US 250 passes through some rural areas, crossing the Mechunk Creek and eventually passing the Beaver Dam Market before reaching an intersection with SR-799. Just after this, the route passes SR-600, before eventually intersecting the west end of SR-627. US 250 passes by the Fluvanna Women's Correctional Center, before eventually crossing Oliver Creek. After this, the route intersects SR-631 (Troy Road), eventually intersecting SR-615 as it enters Louisa County. Immediately after entering the county, US 250 reaches an intersection with US 15 in the community of Zion Crossroads, just south of I-64.

From here, the route continues east, intersecting SR-613, before crossing Fosters Creek. Eventually, US 250 intersects SR-607, followed by an intersection with SR-626, which loops back to the route. After that second intersection with SR-626, US 250 reaches the south end of VA-208 in the community of Ferncliff, and the route curves more southeast at the intersection. Eventually, US 250 intersects SR-665 before re-entering Fluvanna County. The route doesn't do much in the county, with the only intersection of interest being with the east end of SR-653 right before entering Goochland County.

Shortly after entering Goochland County, US 250 passes through the community of Shannon Hill, where it intersects SR-605. Following this intersection, the route continues to head southeast, before eventually reaching an intersection with SR-629 north of the community of Hadensville and southwest of I-64.

From here, US 250 still continues southeast, crossing the Big Lickinghole Creek after 1.2 miles, before eventually intersecting SR-700, which is another old alignment of US 250. Eventually after that, the route re-enters Louisa County right before re-intersecting SR-700. Shortly after this, US 250 reaches a roundabout with US 522 in the community of Gum Spring. After this, the route is still heading southeast, before re-intersecting SR-634/SR-611 (extensions of SR-700) and entering Goochland County again.

After entering the county, US 250 intersects SR-701 (same physical road as SR-611), before intersecting another SR-634/old alignment. After about 3.5 miles, the route crosses the Beaverdam Creek as it curves more to the east. From here, US 250 continues passing through rural areas before reaching the community of Oilville. Here, the route intersects SR-617, before continuing east/southeast through more of rural Goochland County.

Eventually, US 250 intersects SR-612, with that eventually being followed by SR-621. At this intersection, the route widens to a 4-lane divided highway, passing by multiple businesses before intersecting SR-623. From here, US 250 continues east, crossing the Tuckahoe Creek as it becomes 6 lanes before reaching an interchange with VA-288. Just after the intersection, the route crosses the Little Tuckahoe Creek into Henrico County.

US 250 continues east in the county, intersecting Gayton Road shortly after entering the county. Shortly after that, the route passes by the Short Pump Town Center before intersecting the south end of VA-271. From here, US 250 heads east, eventually reaching an interchange with I-64, the first since Pantops.

Right after this interchange, the route intersects Cox Road, before curving southeast and intersecting Gaskins Road. Following this, US 250 intersects VA-157, before eventually reaching the edge of the CDP of Laurel and intersecting Parham Road. From here, the route continues southeast, before leaving the edge of Laurel and reaching the edge of the CDP of Dumbarton at an intersection with Wistar Road.

US 250 goes by multiple neighborhoods, before intersecting Glenside Drive. Immediately after this intersection, the route reaches another interchange (the last) with I-64, and continues southeast. Eventually, US 250 intersects Libbie Avenue, still passing by numerous businesses before entering the City of Richmond.

Immediately after entering the city, the route has an intersection with US 33, which turns east onto US 250. From here, the routes head southeast next to the city limits before intersecting Malvern/Westwood Avenues. Shortly after this, US 250/US 33 pass under I-195 with an indirect exit before eventually reaching an intersection with VA-161. After this, the routes pass the Science Museum of Virginia and (former/now demolished) VA-399, before eventually intersecting Meadow Street, soon followed by Lombary Street.

After the intersections, US 250/US 33 continue through Richmond, before US 33 splits off the concurrency at an intersection with Harrison Street. US 250 still heads southeast, passing by VCU right before having an intersection with US 1/US 301. The route passes by the Monroe Ward and Jackson Ward districts as it approaches downtown, reaching it not long after the US 1/301 intersection. US 250 passes by the Old City Hall and the Virginia State Capitol Building, plus a couple more State Government buildings, shortly before reaching an interchange with I-95 during a steep descent in the eastern part of Downtown Richmond. When the route completes its descent, it reaches an intersection with the westbound lanes of US 360. After this, US 250 continues one more block southeast before reaching its east end at the eastbound lanes of US 360.

The road itself continues southeast from here to Richmond National Battlefield Park, before becoming Government Road, eventually claiming part of US 60 before the route turns east at the end of the road.

My Experiences:

I have been on US 250 many times, with me being on a tiny part east of VA-262 in Staunton, everything from I-64 at Rockfish Gap to SR-799 in Fluvanna County, and from VA-288 to VA-157. It served a role in numerous trips of mine, including; December 10, 2022, December 5, 2023 and April 22, 2024.

Before 2022, I used to make frequent mini-trips to a destination along the route in Fluvanna County. Nowadays, I often find myself on some part of the Charlottesville Bypass part of US 250.