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Oakhurst: I-95 - MM 49.1 - SB - Wagner Rd
Tucked into Virginia’s wooded Coastal Plain, Oakhurst is a place whose character is shaped by the traffic corridor of Interstate 95. This low-density locality lies south of Petersburg, where the Appomattox River passes through the city on its way to the James River. Broad carriageways, ramps and wooded verges give the area a distinctly functional, road-oriented character rather than a town-centre feel. Oakhurst belongs to the wider Petersburg area, where Petersburg National Battlefield preserves ground associated with the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. The surrounding terrain is gently rolling and heavily treed, typical of the transition from central Virginia toward the Tidewater lowlands.
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