Editing Mount Jackson, Virginia (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:2019-07-09 09 34 44 View south along Interstate 81 from the overpass for Virginia State Route 720 (Wissler Road) in Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|left|I-81 in Mount Jackson]]
The primary highway passing by Mount Jackson is [[Interstate 81 in Virginia|Interstate 81]], which continues south to southwestern Virginia and Tennessee, and north to West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. [[Virginia State Route 292]] connects I-81 to [[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|U.S. Route 11]], the original and historic Valley Turnpike which now serves as the main local road passes through downtown Mount Jackson. Rt. 11, the historic route through the Shenandoah Valley, roughly parallels I-81 and offers access to it. [[Virginia State Route 263]] named Orkney Springs Road extends westward from US 11 in Mount Jackson, connecting to Basye resort area and the historic Orkney Springs in the mountains of westernmost Shenandoah County.

[[File:The out-of-service Norfolk Southern line in Mt. Jackson, Virginia.jpg|thumb|right|The out-of-service Norfolk Southern rail line in Mt. Jackson, Virginia was originally the terminus of the Manassas Gap Railroad.]] 
Norfolk Southern has a rail line extending through Mt. Jackson, originally part of the historic [[Manassas Gap Railroad]], that it has put out of service, lacking industrial demand. The last train traveled south from Mt. Jackson in 2014. In 2016 Norfolk Southern announced that it would no longer be maintaining the railbed, and the rail line has become overgrown with weeds and brush. Pending formal abandonment by the Norfolk Southern, a consortium of public, private and non-profit organizations based in the counties of Shenandoah and Rockingham, Virginia have come together in an exploratory group called the Shenandoah Rail Trail Partnership to seek transformation of the {{convert|38.5| mile||adj=mid| out-of-service rail corridor}} from Strasburg to Broadway (including Mt. Jackson as a historic hub) into a multi-use trail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shenandoahalliance.org/project/shenandoah-rail-trail-partnership/|title = Shenandoah Rail Trail Exploratory Partnership}}</ref>