2035 State Highway Plan
The Code of Virginia directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to create an inventory of all construction needs for all transportation systems to be used in the development of Virginia’s Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan, known as Vtrans.
For the highway component of the plan, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) develops the Virginia State Highway Plan.
The Virginia State Highway Plan is reviewed every five years by VDOT’s Transportation and Mobility Planning Division to ensure that it contains the most up-to-date planning assumptions, analysis techniques and recommendations.
The Virginia State Highway Plan contains a list of recommendations for the interstate and primary highway systems, incorporating recommendations from:
- Existing corridor studies
- County thoroughfare plans and comprehensive plans
- Rural long-range plans (RLRPs)
- Small urban area studies (SUATS)
- Metropolitan Planning Organizations' constrained long-range plans (MPO CLRPs)
- The Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions program (STARS)
The State Highway Plan incorporates:
- Pedestrian and bicycle facilities
- Transit
- Intermodal connectors
- Park and ride lots
The State Highway Plan is not a financially constrained plan. It is intended to provide an inventory of recommended improvements needed to address capacity and safety issues on the interstate and primary systems statewide, regardless of funding.
- State Highway Plan frequently asked questions
- National highway system map
Click here for information regarding the 2025 State Highway Plan.
