Editing Rockingham County, Virginia (section)

==Transportation==

=== Railroads ===
Rockingham County is principally served by [[Norfolk Southern Railway]], a (major) [[Class 1 railroad]] and additionally, by the [[Shenandoah Valley Railroad (short-line)|Shenandoah Valley Railroad]], a [[short-line railroad]].

===Highways===
[[File:2019-06-25 16 52 41 View south along Interstate 81 from the overpass for Virginia State Route 990 (Imboden Road) in North River, Rockingham County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|right|I-81 in Rockingham County]]
[[Interstate 81 in Virginia|Interstate 81]] runs north–south and meets east–west [[Interstate 64 in Virginia|Interstate 64]] near [[Staunton, Virginia|Staunton]] to the south in adjacent Augusta County.

There are three major [[List of primary state highways in Virginia|Primary State Highways]] in the county. (A primary road provides service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, high operating speed and high mobility importance).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highlandcova.org/Compplan/Tranverb.htm|title=TRANSPORTATION|website=www.highlandcova.org|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> Interstate highways and primary highways in Virginia are maintained by the [[Virginia Department of Transportation]] (VDOT).

These primary state highways are:
* [[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|U.S. Route 11]] a north–south roadway which Interstate 81 parallels, U.S. Route 11 follows an old [[Native Americans of the United States|Native American]] trail, later known as the [[Valley Turnpike]].
* [[U.S. Route 33 in Virginia|U.S. Route 33]] is an east–west road which extends from a mountain ridge border with [[West Virginia]] across the Shenandoah Valley through Harrisonburg and Elkton. East of there, it climbs the western slope of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] to reach [[Swift Run Gap]], a [[wind gap (geographical feature)|wind gap]] located at an elevation of {{convert|2365|ft|m}}. The bucolic [[Skyline Drive]], which is part of [[Shenandoah National Park]], has an entry point at Swift Run Gap and the [[Appalachian Trail]] also passes through nearby. The mountain ridge forms the border between Rockingham County and [[Greene County, Virginia|Greene County]]. (U.S. 33 continues east to [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]).
* [[U.S. Route 340 (Virginia)|U.S. Route 340]] in a north–south roadway which runs along the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Valley.

Secondary roads: As provided by the [[Byrd Road Act]] of 1932, secondary roads in Rockingham County are also maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).