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Preston Heights: I-81 - MM 248.7 - NB
Preston Heights combines a quiet residential setting with a busy road-and-rail corridor in a way that reflects its position on the floor of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. This small community lies beside Harrisonburg, where the broad valley is framed by the Blue Ridge to the east and Appalachian ridges to the west. Its overpass and railway underline the practical connections linking local neighborhoods with the region’s wider transport network. Harrisonburg, the nearby seat of Rockingham County, is home to James Madison University, giving this largely low-rise part of the valley close ties to one of Virginia’s principal university cities. Fields, mature trees and detached homes retain the semi-rural character found around the city’s outer districts.
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