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The fate of Sperryville businesses seems to be inexorably linked to the amount of tourist traffic visiting the Shenandoah National Park, but it is too early to tell yet if the completion of 1-66 to Front Royal s will significantly hurt business there.
The last leg of the Interstate between the Washington, D. C. Metropolitan area and Front Royal, which provides an alternate access to the park, was completed this spring, and the Monthly Travel Report issued by the National
Park Service, does confirm that visitors using the Front Royal entrance have increased and those using the Panorama (Thornton Gap) entrance have decreased:
88.0%