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Colonial Trail: US-460 - Valley Gateway Blvd
Colonial Trail is best known within Virginia for linking neighbourhoods in the Roanoke Valley with the area’s arterial road network. The route passes through a wooded, built-up part of the valley, a broad urban corridor framed by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east. Nearby Roanoke developed rapidly after the Norfolk and Western Railway made it an important rail centre in the late 19th century. Today, the valley brings together established residential districts, commercial areas and major transport routes, while the Roanoke River runs through the metropolitan area. Colonial Trail is part of the everyday road system connecting these communities.
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