Former VA-243 was a route that went from a point north of an intersection with SR-604 and SR-633 in Amicus to an intersection with US 29 in Burtonville. The route was numbered as VA-243 in the 1933 renumbering from VA-719 and the route was decommissioned partly in 1942, before going away fully in 1943. The entire route was in Greene County for its existence.
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The Route Path:
Former VA-243 started just north an intersection with SR-604 and SR-633 in the small community of Amicus, located in central Greene County. The route headed north for about 3 miles, entering the town of Stanardsville, where it reached an intersection with US 33 and VA-230.
VA-243 turned east along US 33/VA-230, with the latter leaving the concurrency not far east of where VA-243 joined it. Both remaining routes headed southeast out of Stanardsville, and 2 miles later, VA-243 turned east onto Fredericksburg Road to leave the concurrency.
The route headed northeast then east for 4 miles as it entered into the northeastern part of Greene County. Eventually, VA-243 reached its eastern end at an intersection with US 29. The road itself continued east as SR-609 through the rest of northeastern Greene County into Orange county before ending at an intersection with VA-20.
History:
The route was numbered as part of the 1933 renumbering, being renumbered from VA-719, which was created in 1930. The route had the same routing as when it became VA-243 from 1933 to 1942, when the part of the route along and south of US 33 was changed, with the concurrency being dropped and the section south of Stanardsville becoming secondary. In 1943, the remainder of VA-243 was downgraded to secondary, officially ending the route's first lifespan.
In 1960, a new VA-243 was created up north in Fairfax County, which still exists in 2025.
Current Route:
As of December 2025, these are the current routes that cover what used to be VA-243:
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