The Colonial Parkway connects Jamestowne and WIlliamsburg with the third leg of Virginia’s HIstoric Triangle-Yorktown. The colonial period of history had its beginning at Jamestown, its maturity at Williamsburg, and approached its end at Yorktown.
The Colonial Parkway leaves Williamsburg and passes between the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown and Naval Supply Center on the York River on its way to Yorktown. Modern ships are supplied at these facilities, on the same waters where fleets maneuvered in Revolutionary times for control of Virginia.The Colonial Parkway limits commercial traffic and meanders through a more pastoral route, giving the visitor a view of the countryside more like that which the Colonials knew. The feeling isn’t quite the same passing interstate signs for McChain burgers. . Another advantage of taking the Colonial Parkway is the opportunity to ‘pull off’ at several historic sites along the way and read about the settlers and events of local history.
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I hear there is a move afoot to rename jefferson davis highway thru VA to the "snowflake expressway" and I must object on grounds that the name has been already used. US-36 between I-25 north of denver and boulder, CO has the honorary name of snowflake expressway. only a few years old and already failed by sloughing the north bound lanes into an old lake bed. As with any democrat led project, there was no forethought or engineering involved and the prime contractor was someones relative. imagine that.
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