About this project

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking to develop a new project designated as the U.S. Route 460 Corridor Improvements Project. The proposed project is being procured in accordance with provisions of the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 as amended (PPTA). The project entails the new construction of approximately 55 miles of four-lane divided limited access highway between Petersburg and Suffolk Virginia. The project will extend from the existing U.S. Route 460 near its interchange with Interstate 295 (I-295) in Prince George County to the U.S. Route 58 bypass just south of the existing U.S. Route 460 in the City of Suffolk. The corridor alignment for this project runs south of the existing U.S. Route 460 for its entirety and has been approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The Final Environmental Impact Study and Record of Decision have been approved by the Federal Highway Administration.

The proposed project includes intermediate interchanges at the following cross roads. The project does not include improvements to the existing U.S. Route 460 or other adjacent roadways:

• Routes 156 and 625 in Prince George County
• Routes 602, 40 and 620 in Sussex County
• Route 616 in Southampton County
• Route 258 in Isle of Wight County

The project will be developed as a PPTA project which means that a private developer (the concessionaire) will sign a long term agreement with VDOT to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the project. It is anticipated that the project will be a tolled facility with these funds being collected and used to pay for project costs. It is anticipated that state, federal and private funding sources to deliver the project.