Editing Henrico County, Virginia (section)

== Transportation ==
Henrico County is one of only two counties in Virginia that maintains its own roads, with the other being [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]]. This special status was due to the existence of county highway departments prior to the creation in 1927 of the state agency that is now [[Virginia Department of Transportation|VDOT]]; and the assumption by that agency in 1932 of local roads in most counties. (Henrico and Arlington were grandfathered and allowed to continue pre-existing arrangements.) The control of the roads system is considered a powerful advantage for community urban planners, who can require developers to contribute to funding needed for road needs serving the planners' and developers' projects.

Henrico County is the site of [[Richmond International Airport]]. It hosts an [[Amtrak]] rail passenger station, [[Richmond Staples Mill Road station]]. It purchases public bus route services from [[Greater Richmond Transit Company]], an FTA-funded public service company that is owned equally by the City of Richmond and neighboring Chesterfield County.

After [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]], Henrico County used [[convict leasing]] to build roads in 1878.<ref name="Virginia1878">{{cite book|author=Virginia|title=Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8M_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA436|year=1878|pages=436–442}}</ref>

Some old roads continue to be in use today, such as Horsepen Road, [[Three Notch'd Road#In Henrico County, Richmond|Three Chopt Road]], and Quiocassin Road.

===Major highways===
====Interstates====
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* {{Jct|state=VA|I|95}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|I|195}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|I|295}}

====US Highways====
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* {{Jct|state=VA|US|33}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|60}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|250}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|301}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|360}}

====State routes====
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* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|5}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|6}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|33}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|73}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|76}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|147}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|150}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|156}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|157}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|161}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|197}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|271}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|356}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|VA|895}}