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between Warrenton and Gainesville, to and from 1-66. That would be the best route to take, according to Rappahannock’s Highway Engineer Don Askew who did not have any statistics on which routes truckers were actually taking. He thought northbound trucks out of Culpeper would travel 29/15 to 29/211 to 1-66 because those all are multi-lane, divided highways.
It appears though that some, if not many, trucks are traveling Routes 522 and 211 between Culpeper and Front Royal, even though those highways are nearly all two-lane. It is this increased truck traffic on the 522/211/522 route, running through the heart of Rappahannock, that has alarmed citizens in the county and prompted the supervisors to action.
Asked if complaints from Rappahannock would carry much weight with the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, Askew said no. “The statistics won’t back up (those complaints).” He cited statistics from the state’s 1983 report on highways, which revealed a huge difference between
the volume of traffic on Route 17 in Warrenton and Route 522 in Rappahannock. On average, 10,000 vehicles per day, 1000 of which were trucks, traveled on the now restricted section of Route 17 in 1983. That year, 2000 vehicles per day, 20 of which were trucks, traveled on Route 522 between Mas- . sies Comer and Flint Hill.
89.8%