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As part of an upgrade of the state’s arterial system, the Virginia General Assembly directed some 20 years ago that the road be duallaned, but with highway revenues declining, the last four miles of four lanes between Washington and Sperryville were never built, although engineering studies were completed and portions of the necessary right-of-way were purchased.
Repeatedly, Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors has requested the project be funded and finished, and last year, after Gov. Gerald L. Baliles’ transportation initiatives provided millions of extra construction dollars. The Virginia Department of Transportation gave the unimproved section of Rt. 211 the
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