US 29 North - Danville to Lynchburg - Virginia - Highway Drive

Cloudy afternoon drive continuing north up the US 29 Corridor through the Virginia countryside. This video begins at the North Carolina/Virginia border on the Danville Expressway and ends on US 29 Business just inside the Lynchburg City Limits. Filmed: December 2020 Cities Explored: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mi... Follow on Instagram:   / mileagemike   Make a one time donation to support the channel: https://cash.me/$milmike Equipment Used: SD Card: https://amzn.to/38ikIb6 Tripod: https://amzn.to/3vH1xQh Camera: https://amzn.to/3Kdfx9E Camera Mount: https://amzn.to/3vSX2m0 Computer: https://amzn.to/3EVZNaj Backpack: https://amzn.to/3ukNrUQ External HD: https://amzn.to/3vI8zUW Glass Cleaner: https://amzn.to/3EWIQg1 Tablet: https://amzn.to/3vrLffx Tablet Accessories: https://amzn.to/3FcmRBT Smartphone Gimbal: https://amzn.to/3wPx2d0 Covert Camera: https://amzn.to/3xvRr7h Headphones: https://amzn.to/3MBcJEF DISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to bring you more videos in more places. Thank you for the support! From Wikipedia: U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a major north–south route in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It covers 248 miles (399 km) from the North Carolina border at the city of Danville to the Key Bridge in Washington, D.C.. US 29 roughly bisects Virginia into eastern and western halves, and along with Interstate 81 in western Virginia, and 85/95 farther east, provides one of the major north–south routes through the Commonwealth. Since 1928, when Virginia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 64, much of US 29 in Virginia is known as the Seminole Trail.[2][3] Through Northern Virginia, it is known as Lee Highway, except in Falls Church, where it acts as the east/west divider for city streets and is called North or South Washington Street. On April 7, 1993 the Virginia General Assembly officially designated the entire length of US 29 from the North Carolina border to the Potomac River as the "29th Infantry Division Memorial Highway" in honor of that Army unit, which, along with the 1st Infantry Division, formed the spearhead of the American infantry that landed on the morning of June 6, 1944 on Omaha Beach in Normandy as part of the invasion of France to liberate that country during World War II. These divisions next fought their way across France, and into Germany. In addition, the name of this highway serves to honor many members of the Virginia Army National Guard who serve as part of this National Guard Division today. Signs indicating this designation have been placed periodically on both sides of US 29. For most of its route through Virginia, US 29 has been constructed to be at least four lanes along its route, with the two short exceptions being where the highway passes through Manassas National Battlefield Park, where it is two lanes wide for approximately three miles, and through Fairfax and Arlington counties, where it is sometimes wider. It can also be 6 and 8 lanes in much of Northern Albemarle County. US 29 in Virginia has eleven highway by-pass routes around various cities and towns. These bypasses are around Danville, Chatham, Gretna, Hurt-Altavista, Lynchburg-Madison Heights-Amherst, Lovingston, Charlottesville, Madison, Culpeper, Remington, and Warrenton. In addition, Interstate 66 serves for the most part as a by-pass of Manassas and also Fairfax and Arlington.