Virginia State Route 123, the Glossary

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1. 92 relations: Amtrak, Arlington County, Virginia, Baltimore, Barbour House, Burke Centre, Virginia, Burke Lake, Capital Beltway, Central Intelligence Agency, Chain Bridge (Potomac River), Clara Barton Parkway, Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Cloverleaf interchange, Continuous-flow intersection, Crosspointe, Virginia, Diamond interchange, Dual carriageway, Dulles International Airport, EagleBank Arena, Fairfax County Parkway, Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, Fredericksburg Line, George Bush Center for Intelligence, George Mason Stadium, George Mason University, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia), High-occupancy vehicle lane, Historic Fairfax County Courthouse, Independent city, Interstate 66, Interstate 95 in Virginia, Jefferson Davis Highway, Langley, Virginia, Laurel Hill, Virginia, Lee Highway, Lewinsville, Virginia, List of primary state highways serving Virginia state institutions, Lorton Reformatory, Lorton, Virginia, Manassas Line, Marden House, McLean, Virginia, National Counterterrorism Center, National Highway System (United States), Norfolk Southern Railway, Northern Virginia, Oakton, Virginia, Occoquan River, ... Expand index (42 more) »

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Barbour House

The Barbour House is an early 20th-century mansion in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Burke Centre, Virginia

Burke Centre is a planned residential community located west of Burke in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Burke Lake

Burke Lake is a freshwater reservoir in Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Capital Beltway

The Capital Beltway is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Washington metropolitan area that surrounds Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Chain Bridge (Potomac River)

The Chain Bridge is a viaduct that crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars a day.

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Clara Barton Parkway

The Clara Barton Parkway is a parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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Claude Moore Colonial Farm

Claude Moore Colonial Farm, originally Turkey Run Farm, was a U.S. park in Virginia re-creating and re-enacting life on a tenant farm circa 1771.

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Cloverleaf interchange

A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads.

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Continuous-flow intersection

A continuous flow intersection (CFI), also called a crossover displaced left-turn (XDL or DLT), is an alternative design for an at-grade road junction.

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Crosspointe, Virginia

Crosspointe is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Diamond interchange

A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.

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Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway (BrE) or a divided highway (AmE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE).

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Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport is an international airport in Loudoun County and Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, United States, west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport, which opened in 1962, is named after John Foster Dulles, an influential United States Secretary of State during the Cold War who briefly represented New York in the United States Senate.

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EagleBank Arena

EagleBank Arena (originally the Patriot Center) is a 10,000-seat arena in the eastern United States, on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C. Opened in 1985, it is the home of Patriot men's & women's basketball, and is a venue for concerts and family shows, with of space.

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Fairfax County Parkway

The Fairfax County Parkway, numbered State Route 286 (SR 286, formerly SR 7100), is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia, acting as an arterial route in Fairfax County with a mix of interchanges and signalized and unsignalized intersections. Virginia State Route 123 and Fairfax County Parkway are state highways in Virginia.

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Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Fairfax, Virginia

Fairfax, Virginia, formally the City of Fairfax, and colloquially known as Fairfax City, Downtown Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax, Fairfax Courthouse, FFX, and Fairfax, is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States.

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Fredericksburg Line

The Fredericksburg Line is a commuter rail service operated by Virginia Railway Express between Washington, D.C., and Olive, Virginia.

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George Bush Center for Intelligence

The George Bush Center for Intelligence is the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, located in the unincorporated community of Langley in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, near Washington, D.C. The headquarters is a conglomeration of the Original Headquarters Building (OHB) and the New Headquarters Building (NHB) and sits on a total of of land.

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George Mason Stadium

George Mason Stadium is a 5,000-seat stadium in Fairfax, Virginia on the campus of George Mason University.

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George Mason University

George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States.

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George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, is a limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).

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Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

Georgetown is a historic neighborhood and commercial district in Northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River.

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Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia)

Hickory Hill is a large brick house in McLean, Virginia, in the United States, which was owned for many years by members of the Kennedy family, the American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business.

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High-occupancy vehicle lane

A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and at least one passenger, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.

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Historic Fairfax County Courthouse

The Historic Fairfax County Courthouse is one of the oldest buildings in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Independent city

An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province).

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Interstate 66

Interstate 66 (I-66) is a 76.32 mile east–west Interstate Highway in the eastern United States.

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Interstate 95 in Virginia

Interstate 95 (I-95) runs within the commonwealth of Virginia between its borders with North Carolina and Maryland.

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Jefferson Davis Highway

The Jefferson Davis Highway, also known as the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway, was a transcontinental highway in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s that began in Arlington County, Virginia, and extended south and west to San Diego, California; it was named for Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, United States senator, and Secretary of War.

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Langley, Virginia

Langley is an unincorporated community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Laurel Hill, Virginia

Laurel Hill is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Lee Highway

The Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the United States, connecting New York City and San Francisco, California, via the South and Southwest.

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Lewinsville, Virginia

Lewinsville is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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List of primary state highways serving Virginia state institutions

In the US state of Virginia, some state highways have been specifically designated to serve state parks and state institutions. Virginia State Route 123 and List of primary state highways serving Virginia state institutions are state highways in Virginia.

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Lorton Reformatory

The Lorton Reformatory, also known as the Lorton Correctional Complex, is a former prison complex in Lorton, Virginia, established in 1910 for the District of Columbia, United States.

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Lorton, Virginia

Lorton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Manassas Line

The Manassas Line is a Virginia Railway Express commuter rail service that extends from Washington, D.C. to Bristow, Virginia.

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Marden House

The Marden House is a residence in McLean, Virginia, USA, designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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McLean, Virginia

McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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National Counterterrorism Center

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is a United States government organization responsible for national and international counterterrorism efforts.

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National Highway System (United States)

The National Highway System (NHS) is a network of strategic highways within the United States, including the Interstate Highway System and other roads serving major airports, ports, military bases, rail or truck terminals, railway stations, pipeline terminals and other strategic transport facilities.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States.

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Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Oakton, Virginia

Oakton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Occoquan River

The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, where it serves as part of the boundary between Fairfax and Prince William counties.

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Occoquan, Virginia

Occoquan is a town in Prince William County, Virginia.

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Park and ride

A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rapid transit, light rail, or commuter rail), or carpool for the remainder of the journey.

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Partial cloverleaf interchange

A partial cloverleaf interchange or parclo is a modification of a cloverleaf interchange.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William County lies beside the Potomac River in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Quadrant roadway intersection

A quadrant roadway intersection adds an additional "quadrant roadway" between two legs of an intersection.

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Reverse curve

In civil engineering, a reverse curve (or "S" curve) is a section of the horizontal alignment of a highway or rail route in which a curve to the left or right is followed immediately by a curve in the opposite direction.

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Robert F. Kennedy

Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer.

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Rockville, Maryland

Rockville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, and is part of the Washington metropolitan area.

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Salona (McLean, Virginia)

Salona, in McLean, Virginia, is a former plantation house on the National Register of Historic Places surrounded by land protected by two conservation easements.

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Silver Line (Washington Metro)

The Silver Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 34 stations in Loudoun County, Fairfax County and Arlington County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland.

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Single-point urban interchange

A single-point urban interchange (SPUI, or), also called a single-point interchange (SPI) or single-point diamond interchange (SPDI), is a type of highway interchange.

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South Run, Virginia

South Run is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Springfield, Virginia

Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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State highway

A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or maintained by a sub-national state or province.

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Tysons Corner Center

Tysons Corner Center is a shopping mall in the unincorporated area of Tysons in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States (between McLean and Vienna, Virginia).

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Tysons Galleria

Tysons Galleria is a three-level super-regional mall owned by Brookfield Properties located at 2001 International Drive in Tysons, Virginia.

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Tysons, Virginia

Tysons, also known as Tysons Corner, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, spanning from the corner of SR 123 (Chain Bridge Road) and SR 7 (Leesburg Pike).

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U.S. Route 1 in Virginia

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Route that serves the East Coast of the United States.

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U.S. Route 29 in Virginia

U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a major north–south route in the commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and U.S. Route 29 in Virginia are northern Virginia.

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U.S. Route 50 in Virginia

U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a transcontinental highway which stretches from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California. Virginia State Route 123 and U.S. Route 50 in Virginia are northern Virginia.

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Vienna, Virginia

Vienna is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Railway Express

Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksburg Line from Spotsylvania, Virginia, and the Manassas Line from Broad Run station in Bristow, Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia Railway Express are northern Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 120

State Route 120 (SR 120) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 120 are state highways in Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 193

State Route 193 (SR 193) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 193 are state highways in Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 236

State Route 236 (SR 236) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 236 are northern Virginia and state highways in Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 243

State Route 243 (SR 243) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 243 are state highways in Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 267

State Route 267 (SR 267) is an expressway in the US state of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 267 are state highways in Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 309

State Route 309 (SR 309) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 309 are northern Virginia and state highways in Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 620 (Fairfax and Loudoun Counties)

State Route 620 in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Virginia is a secondary state highway. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 620 (Fairfax and Loudoun Counties) are northern Virginia.

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Virginia State Route 643

State Route 643 (SR 643) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a secondary route designation applied to multiple discontinuous road segments among the many counties.

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Virginia State Route 7

Virginia State Route 7 (VA 7) is a major primary state highway and busy commuter route in northern Virginia, United States. Virginia State Route 123 and Virginia State Route 7 are northern Virginia and state highways in Virginia.

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Walkability

In urban planning, walkability is the accessibility of amenities by foot.

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Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park

The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park is a linear regional park in Northern Virginia.

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Washington District

The Washington District is a Norfolk Southern Railway line in the U.S. state of Virginia that connects Alexandria and Lynchburg.

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Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. Virginia State Route 123 and Washington Metro are northern Virginia.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Woodbridge station (Virginia)

Woodbridge station is a train station in Woodbridge, Virginia.

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Woodbridge, Virginia

Woodbridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, located south of Washington, D.C. Bounded by the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, Woodbridge had 44,668 residents at the 2020 census.

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1933 Virginia state highway renumbering

In 1933, the U.S. state of Virginia renumbered almost all of its state highways. Virginia State Route 123 and 1933 Virginia state highway renumbering are state highways in Virginia.

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1940 Virginia state highway renumbering

In late 1940, the Commonwealth of Virginia renumbered some of its state highways in order to provide continuous numbers across state lines. Virginia State Route 123 and 1940 Virginia state highway renumbering are state highways in Virginia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_123

Also known as Chain Bridge Road, Route 123 (Virginia), Route 25 (Virginia pre-1933), Route 9 (Virginia 1933), SR 123 (VA), State Route 123 (Virginia 1940), State Route 123 (Virginia), State Route 25 (Virginia 1918), State Route 25 (Virginia 1918-1933), State Route 25 (Virginia 1928), State Route 25 (Virginia pre-1928), State Route 25 (Virginia pre-1933), State Route 9 (Virginia 1933), State Route 9 (Virginia 1933-1940), State Route 9 (Virginia pre-1940), VA 123, VA Route 123, VA-123, Virginia Route 123, Virginia State Highway 123, Virginia State Route 123 (1940), Virginia State Route 25 (1918), Virginia State Route 25 (1918-1933), Virginia State Route 25 (1928), Virginia State Route 25 (pre-1928), Virginia State Route 25 (pre-1933), Virginia State Route 9 (1933), Virginia State Route 9 (1933-1940), Virginia State Route 9 (pre-1940).

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