Virginia State Route 337
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State Route 337 is a primary state highway
in the South Hampton Roads
area of the U.S. state
of Virginia
. It runs east from Suffolk to Portsmouth, where it dead-ends at the decommissioned Jordan Bridge
. It continues on the east side of the southern branch of the Elizabeth River
in the South Norfolk neighborhood of Chesapeake. There it turns north, through Norfolk, crossing the Berkley Bridge
into downtown, and ending at the Naval Air Station Norfolk at Sewell's Point
. Most of its length was formed when other highways were rerouted: U.S. Route 460 from Suffolk to South Norfolk, State Route 170 (now State Route 168) from South Norfolk to downtown Norfolk, and U.S. Route 17 from downtown Norfolk to Sewell's Point (the former location of the Newport News Ferry).
Prior to the November 8, 2008 closure of the Jordan Bridge
, SR 337 was the only numbered highway to cross all three branches of the Elizabeth River
. It still crosses the western branch as Portsmouth Boulevard at the Hodges Ferry Bridge
and the eastern branch on the Berkley Bridge
. The Berkley Bridge is a drawbridge
. SR 337 also crosses the Lafayette River
in the city of Norfolk.
, including a short concurrency
with U.S. Route 460 Alternate between U.S. Route 58 and Interstate 264
, until the Elm Avenue intersection. There SR 337 turns south on Elm Avenue, which turns east to reach the Jordan Bridge
. At the Jordan Bridge, SR 337 again enters Chesapeake, heading east on Poindexter Street across Interstate 464 and north on Bainbridge Boulevard. (U.S. Route 460 and State Route 166 use the other two legs of the Poindexter-Bainbridge intersection.)
Bainbridge Boulevard takes SR 337 into Norfolk, where it makes several turns onto Main Street, Liberty Street, State Street, and Berkeley Avenue to join Interstate 464, quickly merging into Interstate 264
(and U.S. Route 460 Alternate) over the Berkley Bridge
. SR 337 leaves I-264 in downtown Norfolk to head north on Tidewater Drive. (US 460 Alternate also leaves there, but onto St. Pauls Boulevard.) SR 337 turns west at Brambleton Avenue, joining U.S. Route 460 for a short while before it turns onto St. Pauls Boulevard. Between Boush Street and the Midtown Tunnel interchange
, SR 337 is concurrent with U.S. Route 58; US 58 runs into the tunnel while SR 337 turns north there onto Hampton Boulevard. Inside the Naval Air Station Norfolk, SR 337 turns east on Admiral Taussig Boulevard to end at the beginning of Interstate 564, where Taussig Boulevard becomes a freeway.
The 1.09-mile (1.75 km) downtown Norfolk route uses Waterside Drive and Boush Street between the Berkley Bridge
(SR 337/Interstate 264
/U.S. Route 460 Alternate) and Brambleton Avenue (SR 337/U.S. Route 58). The route runs by major attractions such as Waterside Marketplace, Town Point Park
, and Nauticus. Waterside Drive was built in order to revive the Downtown area
. According to the traffic counts, southbound traffic uses Duke Street from Brambleton Avenue south to Tazewell Street, but the one-way pair
no longer exists, as Norfolk has made Boush Street two-way.
(part of State Route 27, State Route 170 after 1940) near downtown Norfolk north to the Newport News Ferry at Sewell's Point
. This route and its extension to downtown, using Hampton Boulevard, 21st Street, Granby Street, Princess Anne Road, Bank Street, Main Street, and Commercial Place to the Portsmouth Ferry in downtown Norfolk, had been designated as a state highway in 1932, to be maintained by Norfolk with aid from Virginia under Chapter 415, Acts of 1932. It was initially part of U.S. Route 17, but in the early 1930s US 17 was rerouted west of Norfolk via the James River Bridge
, bypassing both ferries. The part south of 21st Street and Granby Street
was still SR 27, but the rest became SR 337 (or was unnumbered for several years).
In 1942 or 1943, U.S. Route 460 was moved onto its current alignment between downtown Suffolk and South Norfolk, using U.S. Route 58, the Norfolk Bypass (State Route 13, now U.S. Route 13), and former State Route 170 (moved then to a more easterly alignment between Great Bridge
and downtown Norfolk). The part of former US 460 from Main Street and Washington Street in downtown Suffolk to Park Avenue and Bainbridge Boulevard in South Norfolk became an extension of SR 337. In South Norfolk, SR 337 then followed US 460 and former SR 170 north on Bainbridge Boulevard and northeast on Poindexter Street. US 460 continued northeast on Wilson Road, but SR 337 replaced SR 170 northwest on Liberty Street into Norfolk and north on Main Street over the old Berkley Bridge
. In downtown Norfolk, it continued along former SR 170 on Main Street and Bank Street, merging with SR 170 at Brambleton Avenue. The routes continued together along Bank Street, Princess Anne Road, and Granby Street
to the former south end of SR 337 (21st Street).
An alternate route
was formed in 1947 in South Norfolk and Norfolk by request of those two cities. The route was completely locally maintained, receiving none of the state funds that were typically assigned to numbered routes in cities. It began at the intersection of Bainbridge Boulevard and Poindexter Street, and traveled north on Bainbridge Boulevard and northeast on Main Street to end at Liberty Street. This alternate became the main route in 1953, with a corresponding transfer in state funding. The portion of Liberty Street between Poindexter Street and Main Street thus became unnumbered, while the piece of Poindexter Street that had carried SR 337 continued to carry U.S. Route 460. However, at the same time, a new alternate route was created, entirely concurrent with US 460 (Poindexter Street, Wilson Road, Campostella Road, and Brambleton Avenue) between Bainbridge Boulevard in South Norfolk and Bank Street in downtown Norfolk. It was eliminated by 1957.
When the Berkley Bridge
replacement was being planned, it was temporarily assigned the State Route 337 Alternate designation in 1951, pending the completion of the "Norfolk Traffic Study". The bridge opened in 1952, and in 1953 SR 337 was rerouted to use it. The new alignment began at the intersection of Main and Liberty Streets and used Liberty and State Streets to reach the bridge. On the downtown side it exited onto City Hall Avenue, rejoining the former SR 337 at Bank Street. Part of the former SR 337 was deleted, but U.S. Route 58 continued to use Main Street between Commercial Place (the Portsmouth Ferry approach) and the north end of the old Berkley Bridge until the Downtown Tunnel
opened. Southbound traffic, at least after the tunnel opened, used Liberty Street from the south end of the bridge to State Street.
Also in 1953, the new U.S. Route 58 bypass of downtown Suffolk (now U.S. Route 58 Business) was completed. US 58 was rerouted onto the bypass, and SR 337 was extended west from Main Street in downtown Suffolk (where US 58 had previously turned) along Washington Street to the west end of the bypass, where it continues to end today.
In 1957, once the relocation of Bank Street (now St. Pauls Boulevard) and reconstruction of Monticello Avenue north of Brambleton Avenue was completed, the numbered routes in Norfolk were modified. Coming off the bridge into downtown Norfolk, SR 337 instead turned east at City Hall Avenue, running onto Tidewater Drive along with U.S. Route 58. At Virginia Beach Boulevard
, where US 58 turned east, SR 337 turned west, turning north on Monticello Avenue (U.S. Route 460) and west on 21st Street to rejoin its former route.
In 1962, SR 337 was rerouted off 21st Street to use the rebuilt Brambleton Avenue. It turned off Tidewater Drive at Brambleton (there U.S. Route 460), running west and northwest to the new Midtown Tunnel interchange
. It turned north there onto Hampton Boulevard, rejoining the old route at 21st Street. 21st Street was dropped from the state highway system; the piece of Virginia Beach Boulevard that had been used by SR 337 was reassigned to U.S. Route 58, which ran concurrent with the new SR 337 between Bank Street (St. Pauls Boulevard) and the Midtown Tunnel.
The final changes in the alignment of SR 337 were caused by Interstate Highways. Interstate 564 replaced part of State Route 170, which had shared a terminus with SR 337 at the Naval Air Station Norfolk, in 1979. The northern section, from the end of I-564 along Admiral Taussig Boulevard to SR 337, became an extension of SR 337. In the late 1980s, Interstate 464 was completed to Interstate 264
between the Downtown Tunnel
and Berkley Bridge
, resulting in a reconfiguration of the interchange
where SR 337 had joined I-264 to cross the bridge. Both bridge ramps now serve Berkley Avenue, which SR 337 now uses to get between the bridge and State Street. A direct connection was also built at that time from the Jordan Bridge
to the intersection of Bainbridge Boulevard and Poindexter Street, in conjunction with a full interchange at I-464. The section on Park Avenue was removed, along with the concurrency
with U.S. Route 460 and State Route 166, in favor of the direct connection.
State highway
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in the South Hampton Roads
South Hampton Roads
South Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States, and is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA with a population about 1.7 million....
area of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. It runs east from Suffolk to Portsmouth, where it dead-ends at the decommissioned Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge was a tolled highway lift bridge which carried State Route 337 over the southern branch of the Elizabeth River from the City of Portsmouth into the City of Chesapeake in South Hampton Roads, Virginia....
. It continues on the east side of the southern branch of the Elizabeth River
Elizabeth River (Virginia)
The Elizabeth River is a tidal estuary forming an arm of Hampton Roads harbor at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It is located along the southern side of the mouth of the James River, between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk...
in the South Norfolk neighborhood of Chesapeake. There it turns north, through Norfolk, crossing the Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
into downtown, and ending at the Naval Air Station Norfolk at Sewell's Point
Sewell's Point
Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and the Lafayette...
. Most of its length was formed when other highways were rerouted: U.S. Route 460 from Suffolk to South Norfolk, State Route 170 (now State Route 168) from South Norfolk to downtown Norfolk, and U.S. Route 17 from downtown Norfolk to Sewell's Point (the former location of the Newport News Ferry).
Prior to the November 8, 2008 closure of the Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge was a tolled highway lift bridge which carried State Route 337 over the southern branch of the Elizabeth River from the City of Portsmouth into the City of Chesapeake in South Hampton Roads, Virginia....
, SR 337 was the only numbered highway to cross all three branches of the Elizabeth River
Elizabeth River (Virginia)
The Elizabeth River is a tidal estuary forming an arm of Hampton Roads harbor at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It is located along the southern side of the mouth of the James River, between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk...
. It still crosses the western branch as Portsmouth Boulevard at the Hodges Ferry Bridge
Hodges Ferry Bridge
Hodges Ferry Bridge carries State Route 337 across the western branch of the Elizabeth River in the independent city of Chesapeake in the South Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia....
and the eastern branch on the Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
. The Berkley Bridge is a drawbridge
Drawbridge
A drawbridge is a type of movable bridge typically associated with the entrance of a castle surrounded by a moat. The term is often used to describe all different types of movable bridges, like bascule bridges and lift bridges.-Castle drawbridges:...
. SR 337 also crosses the Lafayette River
Lafayette River
The Lafayette River, earlier known as Tanner's Creek, is a tidal estuary which empties into the Elizabeth River just south of Sewell's Point near its mouth at Hampton Roads, which in turn empties into the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States...
in the city of Norfolk.
Route description
SR 337 begins at U.S. Route 58 Business west of downtown Suffolk and ends at the north end of Interstate 564 at the Naval Air Station Norfolk. It uses a number of different streets to get there. Through downtown Suffolk, SR 337 is Washington Street. This becomes Nansemond Parkway after crossing US 58 Business at Magnolia, and becomes Portsmouth Boulevard as it enters Chesapeake. The name remains after it enters Portsmouth via the Hodges Ferry BridgeHodges Ferry Bridge
Hodges Ferry Bridge carries State Route 337 across the western branch of the Elizabeth River in the independent city of Chesapeake in the South Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia....
, including a short concurrency
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
with U.S. Route 460 Alternate between U.S. Route 58 and Interstate 264
Interstate 264 (Virginia)
Interstate 264 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from a junction with Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 near Bowers Hill in Chesapeake east into Portsmouth and through the Downtown Tunnel under the South Branch of the Elizabeth River into Norfolk...
, until the Elm Avenue intersection. There SR 337 turns south on Elm Avenue, which turns east to reach the Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge was a tolled highway lift bridge which carried State Route 337 over the southern branch of the Elizabeth River from the City of Portsmouth into the City of Chesapeake in South Hampton Roads, Virginia....
. At the Jordan Bridge, SR 337 again enters Chesapeake, heading east on Poindexter Street across Interstate 464 and north on Bainbridge Boulevard. (U.S. Route 460 and State Route 166 use the other two legs of the Poindexter-Bainbridge intersection.)
Bainbridge Boulevard takes SR 337 into Norfolk, where it makes several turns onto Main Street, Liberty Street, State Street, and Berkeley Avenue to join Interstate 464, quickly merging into Interstate 264
Interstate 264 (Virginia)
Interstate 264 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from a junction with Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 near Bowers Hill in Chesapeake east into Portsmouth and through the Downtown Tunnel under the South Branch of the Elizabeth River into Norfolk...
(and U.S. Route 460 Alternate) over the Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
. SR 337 leaves I-264 in downtown Norfolk to head north on Tidewater Drive. (US 460 Alternate also leaves there, but onto St. Pauls Boulevard.) SR 337 turns west at Brambleton Avenue, joining U.S. Route 460 for a short while before it turns onto St. Pauls Boulevard. Between Boush Street and the Midtown Tunnel interchange
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
, SR 337 is concurrent with U.S. Route 58; US 58 runs into the tunnel while SR 337 turns north there onto Hampton Boulevard. Inside the Naval Air Station Norfolk, SR 337 turns east on Admiral Taussig Boulevard to end at the beginning of Interstate 564, where Taussig Boulevard becomes a freeway.
Alternate routes
There are two routes known as State Route 337 Alternate, one in Portsmouth and one in downtown Norfolk. The Portsmouth route does not return to SR 337 at its east end.The 1.09-mile (1.75 km) downtown Norfolk route uses Waterside Drive and Boush Street between the Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
(SR 337/Interstate 264
Interstate 264 (Virginia)
Interstate 264 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from a junction with Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 near Bowers Hill in Chesapeake east into Portsmouth and through the Downtown Tunnel under the South Branch of the Elizabeth River into Norfolk...
/U.S. Route 460 Alternate) and Brambleton Avenue (SR 337/U.S. Route 58). The route runs by major attractions such as Waterside Marketplace, Town Point Park
Town Point Park
.Town Point Park is a waterfront city park on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The park hosts many annual festivals, 4th of July fireworks and outdoor music performances.Located in the park are The Homecoming and the Armed Forces Memorial....
, and Nauticus. Waterside Drive was built in order to revive the Downtown area
Downtown Norfolk, Virginia
As the traditional center of shipping and port activities in the Hampton Roads region, Norfolk, Virginia's downtown waterfront historically played host to numerous and often noxious port and shipping-related uses...
. According to the traffic counts, southbound traffic uses Duke Street from Brambleton Avenue south to Tazewell Street, but the one-way pair
One-way pair
A one-way pair, one-way couple, or just couplet is a pair of parallel, usually one-way streets that carry opposite directions of a signed route or major traffic flow, or sometimes opposite directions of a bus or streetcar route....
no longer exists, as Norfolk has made Boush Street two-way.
History
By 1939, SR 337 existed along 21st Street and Hampton Boulevard from Granby StreetGranby Street
A street in Norfolk, Virginia. This street is the historic commercial corridor of Norfolk, and also the community heart of the city, has been undergoing major redevelopment for the past five years. Today, theatres, restaurants, and businesses line Granby street in the downtown area...
(part of State Route 27, State Route 170 after 1940) near downtown Norfolk north to the Newport News Ferry at Sewell's Point
Sewell's Point
Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and the Lafayette...
. This route and its extension to downtown, using Hampton Boulevard, 21st Street, Granby Street, Princess Anne Road, Bank Street, Main Street, and Commercial Place to the Portsmouth Ferry in downtown Norfolk, had been designated as a state highway in 1932, to be maintained by Norfolk with aid from Virginia under Chapter 415, Acts of 1932. It was initially part of U.S. Route 17, but in the early 1930s US 17 was rerouted west of Norfolk via the James River Bridge
James River Bridge
The James River Bridge is a four-lane divided highway lift bridge across the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it carries U.S. Route 17, U.S. Route 258, and State Route 32 across the river near its mouth at Hampton Roads...
, bypassing both ferries. The part south of 21st Street and Granby Street
Granby Street
A street in Norfolk, Virginia. This street is the historic commercial corridor of Norfolk, and also the community heart of the city, has been undergoing major redevelopment for the past five years. Today, theatres, restaurants, and businesses line Granby street in the downtown area...
was still SR 27, but the rest became SR 337 (or was unnumbered for several years).
In 1942 or 1943, U.S. Route 460 was moved onto its current alignment between downtown Suffolk and South Norfolk, using U.S. Route 58, the Norfolk Bypass (State Route 13, now U.S. Route 13), and former State Route 170 (moved then to a more easterly alignment between Great Bridge
Great Bridge, Virginia
Great Bridge is a community located in the independent city of Chesapeake in the U.S. state of Virginia. Its name is derived from the American Revolutionary War Battle of Great Bridge, which took place on December 9, 1775 and resulted in the final removal of British government from the Colony and...
and downtown Norfolk). The part of former US 460 from Main Street and Washington Street in downtown Suffolk to Park Avenue and Bainbridge Boulevard in South Norfolk became an extension of SR 337. In South Norfolk, SR 337 then followed US 460 and former SR 170 north on Bainbridge Boulevard and northeast on Poindexter Street. US 460 continued northeast on Wilson Road, but SR 337 replaced SR 170 northwest on Liberty Street into Norfolk and north on Main Street over the old Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
. In downtown Norfolk, it continued along former SR 170 on Main Street and Bank Street, merging with SR 170 at Brambleton Avenue. The routes continued together along Bank Street, Princess Anne Road, and Granby Street
Granby Street
A street in Norfolk, Virginia. This street is the historic commercial corridor of Norfolk, and also the community heart of the city, has been undergoing major redevelopment for the past five years. Today, theatres, restaurants, and businesses line Granby street in the downtown area...
to the former south end of SR 337 (21st Street).
An alternate route
Alternate route
An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Route system and various state route systems...
was formed in 1947 in South Norfolk and Norfolk by request of those two cities. The route was completely locally maintained, receiving none of the state funds that were typically assigned to numbered routes in cities. It began at the intersection of Bainbridge Boulevard and Poindexter Street, and traveled north on Bainbridge Boulevard and northeast on Main Street to end at Liberty Street. This alternate became the main route in 1953, with a corresponding transfer in state funding. The portion of Liberty Street between Poindexter Street and Main Street thus became unnumbered, while the piece of Poindexter Street that had carried SR 337 continued to carry U.S. Route 460. However, at the same time, a new alternate route was created, entirely concurrent with US 460 (Poindexter Street, Wilson Road, Campostella Road, and Brambleton Avenue) between Bainbridge Boulevard in South Norfolk and Bank Street in downtown Norfolk. It was eliminated by 1957.
When the Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
replacement was being planned, it was temporarily assigned the State Route 337 Alternate designation in 1951, pending the completion of the "Norfolk Traffic Study". The bridge opened in 1952, and in 1953 SR 337 was rerouted to use it. The new alignment began at the intersection of Main and Liberty Streets and used Liberty and State Streets to reach the bridge. On the downtown side it exited onto City Hall Avenue, rejoining the former SR 337 at Bank Street. Part of the former SR 337 was deleted, but U.S. Route 58 continued to use Main Street between Commercial Place (the Portsmouth Ferry approach) and the north end of the old Berkley Bridge until the Downtown Tunnel
Downtown Tunnel
The Downtown Tunnel on Interstate 264 crosses the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the South Hampton Roads area. It links the independent City of Portsmouth with the independent City of Norfolk...
opened. Southbound traffic, at least after the tunnel opened, used Liberty Street from the south end of the bridge to State Street.
Also in 1953, the new U.S. Route 58 bypass of downtown Suffolk (now U.S. Route 58 Business) was completed. US 58 was rerouted onto the bypass, and SR 337 was extended west from Main Street in downtown Suffolk (where US 58 had previously turned) along Washington Street to the west end of the bypass, where it continues to end today.
In 1957, once the relocation of Bank Street (now St. Pauls Boulevard) and reconstruction of Monticello Avenue north of Brambleton Avenue was completed, the numbered routes in Norfolk were modified. Coming off the bridge into downtown Norfolk, SR 337 instead turned east at City Hall Avenue, running onto Tidewater Drive along with U.S. Route 58. At Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach Boulevard is a major connector highway which carries U.S. Route 58 most of its length and extends from the downtown area of Norfolk to the Oceanfront area of Virginia Beach, passing through the newly-developed New Urbanist Town Center development of the latter as it links the two...
, where US 58 turned east, SR 337 turned west, turning north on Monticello Avenue (U.S. Route 460) and west on 21st Street to rejoin its former route.
In 1962, SR 337 was rerouted off 21st Street to use the rebuilt Brambleton Avenue. It turned off Tidewater Drive at Brambleton (there U.S. Route 460), running west and northwest to the new Midtown Tunnel interchange
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
. It turned north there onto Hampton Boulevard, rejoining the old route at 21st Street. 21st Street was dropped from the state highway system; the piece of Virginia Beach Boulevard that had been used by SR 337 was reassigned to U.S. Route 58, which ran concurrent with the new SR 337 between Bank Street (St. Pauls Boulevard) and the Midtown Tunnel.
The final changes in the alignment of SR 337 were caused by Interstate Highways. Interstate 564 replaced part of State Route 170, which had shared a terminus with SR 337 at the Naval Air Station Norfolk, in 1979. The northern section, from the end of I-564 along Admiral Taussig Boulevard to SR 337, became an extension of SR 337. In the late 1980s, Interstate 464 was completed to Interstate 264
Interstate 264 (Virginia)
Interstate 264 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from a junction with Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 near Bowers Hill in Chesapeake east into Portsmouth and through the Downtown Tunnel under the South Branch of the Elizabeth River into Norfolk...
between the Downtown Tunnel
Downtown Tunnel
The Downtown Tunnel on Interstate 264 crosses the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in the South Hampton Roads area. It links the independent City of Portsmouth with the independent City of Norfolk...
and Berkley Bridge
Berkley Bridge (Virginia)
The Berkley Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge across the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It carries Interstate 264, U.S. Route 460 Alternate, and State Route 337 across the river, connecting the Berkley neighborhood south of the river with downtown...
, resulting in a reconfiguration of the interchange
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
where SR 337 had joined I-264 to cross the bridge. Both bridge ramps now serve Berkley Avenue, which SR 337 now uses to get between the bridge and State Street. A direct connection was also built at that time from the Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge
Jordan Bridge was a tolled highway lift bridge which carried State Route 337 over the southern branch of the Elizabeth River from the City of Portsmouth into the City of Chesapeake in South Hampton Roads, Virginia....
to the intersection of Bainbridge Boulevard and Poindexter Street, in conjunction with a full interchange at I-464. The section on Park Avenue was removed, along with the concurrency
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
with U.S. Route 460 and State Route 166, in favor of the direct connection.