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Buffalo Bend: I-81 - MM 185.2 - NB
Buffalo Bend has served as a highway junction in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley since the mid-twentieth century. The community lies beside Interstate 81, the north–south route through the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, where wooded slopes and rural land use meet a major transport corridor. It is part of Rockbridge County, close to Lexington, home to the Virginia Military Institute, founded in 1839, and Washington and Lee University. The Maury River passes through the Lexington area before joining the James River. Buffalo Bend’s character is defined less by an urban centre than by its position on a long-distance interstate route linking Virginia with the wider Appalachian region.
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Buffalo Bend lies along Virginia’s southern Shenandoah Valley, where rural roads cross broad limestone country between Appalachian ridges. This small Rockbridge County locality belongs to a landscape of farms and woodland rather than urban development. Natural Bridge, the limestone arch that gave the county its name, is one of the region’s defining landmarks. The wider county is closely associated with Lexington, home to Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute. Move on to other webcams in Virginia to compare landscapes and settings around the southern Shenandoah Valley.
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