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Interstate 85: I-85 In Virginia is a 69 mile interstate with its terminus in Petersburg, Virginia, where it merges with Interstate 95.

I-85 enters Virginia in Mecklenburg County, VA at the North Carolina border in the County of Warren. Interstate 85’s main thrust is as a connector from The Atlanta Georgia area to the Mid Atlantic States and to I-95.

Vehicle traffic along the four lanes of I-85 is almost 25% large commercial trucks and the daily vehicle counts are quite consistent. This short stretch through Virginia visits some of the state’s less populated areas, and is mostly forested terrain and gently rolling hills. There are no incorporated cities along I-85’s extreme southern portion; of the few cities it passes, South Hill, VA with a population of approximately 4,500 is the largest. This area is better known as the last bastion of quiet rural highway as you head north into the busy raucous roadways of the Mid Atlantic corridor.

The only auxiliary route off of I-85 in Virginia is I-785 and it is tentatively planned for completion in mid 2011. I-785 will run 45 miles from Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 in Greensboro, North Carolina, to U.S. Route 29; I-785 will terminate at U.S. Route 58 / U.S. Route 360 in Danville, Virginia. It will not connect directly to I-85 under the current stage of construction.