Virginia State Route 51

For the former State Route 51, see State Route 51 (Virginia 1928-1950).

State Route 51 (SR 51) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Westover Drive, the state highway runs 6.20 miles (9.98 km) between a pair of intersections with U.S. Route 58 Business (US 58 Business) in Pittsylvania County west of Danville and within Danville. SR 51 is the original alignment of US 58 through the western part of Danville.

State Route 51
Westover Drive
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length	6.20 mi[1] (9.98 km)
Existed	1954–present
Major junctions
West end	US 58 Bus. west of Danville
East end	US 58 Bus. in Danville
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Counties	Pittsylvania, City of Danville
Highway system
Virginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes
← US 50 → US 52

Route description

View west along SR 51 in Danville

SR 51 begins at a directional intersection on a tangent with US 58 Business (Martinsville Highway) in Pittsylvania County just west of the city of Danville. The state highway heads east into the independent city as a four-lane undivided highway that passes through the city's residential Westover Hills area. SR 51 parallels the north side of US 58 Business as the former highway follows the height of land between the Dan River to the south and the Sandy River to the north. East of Piedmont Drive, the state highway enters a commercial area where the highway reaches its eastern terminus at US 58 Business (Riverside Drive) a short distance west of the confluence of the two rivers.^[1][2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Pittsylvania	Callahans Hills	0.00	0.00	US 58 Bus. (Martinsville Highway)	Western terminus
City of Danville				Piedmont Drive	to former SR 125 south
		6.20	9.98	US 58 Bus. (Riverside Drive)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi