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Erin Shades: I-64 - MM 178.5 - WB - Short Pump West
The landscape around Erin Shades is gently rolling, heavily wooded suburban terrain, which has shaped both the built environment and local life. This western part of Henrico County belongs to the broad Richmond metropolitan area, where established neighborhoods, offices, retail areas and major highways occupy ground that was once largely rural. Interstate 64 is a principal east–west route here, carrying traffic between Richmond and central Virginia while linking the suburbs to the wider state network. Tree cover and grassy highway margins soften an area defined by dispersed development rather than a traditional downtown. Henrico County dates to 1634, when it was created as one of Virginia’s original shires; its western districts are now an important residential and business belt.
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