Snicker's Gap Turnpike

Snickersville Turnpike
Route information
Length15.00 mi"2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Loudoun County" (PDF). (634 KiB) (24.14 km)
(the old turnpike continued about 3 mi (5 km) from the north end)
Tourist
routes
Virginia Byway
Major junctions
South end US 50 at Aldie
North end SR 7 at Bluemont
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
Highway system

The ‘’‘Snickersville Turnpike’’’ (formerly known as the ‘’‘Snicker’s Gap Turnpike’’’) is a historic road in the northern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. While part of the original route is now maintained as State Route 7, a primary state highway, the section between Aldie and Bluemont (formerly Snickerville) in Loudoun County, via Mountville, Philomont, and Airmont, remains a rural Virginia Byway designated as ‘’‘State Route 734’’’. This stretch includes the approximately 180-year-old ‘’‘Hibbs Bridge’’’ over Beaverdam Creek (a tributary of Goose Creek). The turnpike is notable for having replaced, in part, the first toll road in the United States, which originally consisted of two roads from Alexandria northwest into the Shenandoah Valley.