Virginia State Route 103

For former State Routes numbered 103, see State Route 103 (Virginia 1923-1928) and State Route 103 (Virginia 1928-1933).
State Route 103 marker
State Route 103
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length13.43 mi[1] (21.61 km)
Existed1933–present
Major junctions
West end NC 103 near Claudville
East end SR 8 at Five Forks
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesPatrick
Highway system
← SR 102→ SR 105

State Route 103 (SR 103) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 13.43 miles (21.61 km) from the North Carolina state line, where the highway continues as North Carolina Highway 103 (NC 103), east to SR 8 at Five Forks. In conjunction with NC 103 and SR 8, SR 103 connects Mount Airy, North Carolina with Stuart, the county seat of Patrick County.

Route description

View south at the north end of SR 103 at SR 8 in Five Forks

SR 103 begins at the North Carolina state line southwest of Claudville. The highway continues southwest as NC 103 toward Slate Mountain, Flat Rock, and Mount Airy. SR 103 heads northeast as two-lane undivided Claudville Highway, which crosses the Dan River. In Claudville, the state highway intersects SR 773 (Ararat Highway), which heads west through the foothills to Ararat. SR 103 heads east out of Claudville as Dry Pond Highway. The state highway crosses the Little Dan River and passes through the hamlets of Dry Pond and Peters Creek before reaching its eastern terminus at SR 8 (Salem Highway) at Five Forks between Stuart and the North Carolina state line.[1][2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Patrick County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
​0.000.00
 NC 103 west – Mt. Airy		North Carolina state line; western terminus
Claudville SR 773 (Ararat Highway) – Ararat, J.E.B. Stuart Birthplaceformer SR 104 west
​13.4321.61 SR 8 (Salem Highway) – Stuart, Winston-Salem, NCEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  2. ^ "Virginia State Route 103" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
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