New signs to tell visitors of road’s role in Civil War
November 4, 2009 | Posted by javal Hunter Mill Road was as popular a shortcut during the Civil War as it is today.
“The reason [the Virginia Department of Transportation] wants to widen the road is that it still holds the same attributes it held 150 years ago,” said James Lewis, a retired Xerox salesman turned historian.
Running from Route 123 in Oakton to Route 7 in the Herndon/Great Falls area, Hunter Mill is still the straightest line connecting Fairfax City and Vienna to points north.
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