Interchange 74A

Interchange 74A is a road junction in Richmond, Virginia. Interchange 74A is situated nearby to Triple Crossing, as well as near James River and Kanawha Canal.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Triple Crossing and Richmond Main Street Station.

Triple Crossing

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The Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia, is one of two places in North America where three railroad lines cross at different levels at the same spot, the other being the BNSF operated Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City. Triple Crossing is situated 360 feet southwest of Interchange 74A.

Richmond Main Street Station

Railway station

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

Richmond Main Street Station, officially the Main Street Station and Trainshed, is a historic railroad station and office building in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Main Street Station is situated 750 feet north of Interchange 74A.

James River and Kanawha Canal

Canal

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The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom.

Shockoe Slip

Neighborhood

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.

Shockoe Bottom

Neighborhood

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Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.

Richmond

Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.

Richmond is the capital of Virginia. Richmond has a population of 227,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1.3 million people.

Interchange 74A

Type: Road junction
Also known as: “Exit 9A”
Category: transportation
Location: Richmond, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.53237° or 37° 31′ 57″ north

Longitude

-77.43026° or 77° 25′ 49″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

8794GHJ9+WV

GeoNames ID

4766068

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