page_title: U.S. Route 221
section_title: Virginia
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 221 / Route description / Virginia
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along U.S. Route 221 (Floyd Highway) at Christiansburg Pike (Virginia State Secondary Route 615) just northeast of Floyd in Floyd County, Virginia
context_page_description: U.S. Route 221 is a 734-mile-long spur of U.S. Route 21. It travels from Perry, Florida, at US 19/US 98/US 27 Alternate to Lynchburg, Virginia, at US 29 Business. It travels through the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. It travels through the cities of Valdosta, Georgia; Spartanburg, South Carolina; Marion, North Carolina; Roanoke, Virginia; and Lynchburg, Virginia.
  Throughout western North Carolina, from the Virginia state line to the Blue Ridge Parkway, US 221 is a challenging drive, and can be described as one climb after another. There are few places where the road builders attempted to skirt around large foothills.
context_section_description: In Virginia, US 221 runs 149.61 miles (240.77 km) from the North Carolina state line near Independence north to its northern terminus at US 29 Business, US 460 Business, and US 501 Business in Lynchburg.  US 221 connects Independence, Galax, and Hillsville in Southwest Virginia while running concurrently with US 58.  The U.S. Highway connects those communities with Roanoke via Floyd County, within which US 221 is the main west–east highway. The U.S. Highway also runs concurrently with US 460 from Roanoke to Bedford and parallels that U.S. Highway from Bedford to Lynchburg.
caption: View north along US 221 at SR 615 just north of Floyd, Virginia
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