page_title: Virginia State Route 89
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Virginia State Route 89 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along Virginia State Route 89 (Main Street) just north of Camp Zion Road (Virginia State Secondary Route 865) in Galax, Virginia
context_page_description: State Route 89 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 7.85 miles from the North Carolina state line, where the highway continues as North Carolina Highway 89, north to U.S. Route 58 and US 221 in Galax.
context_section_description: SR 89 begins at the North Carolina state line a short distance south of Low Gap, where the highway crosses the Eastern Continental Divide.  The highway continues south as NC 89, which descends the Blue Ridge Mountains to the community of Lowgap in the valley of the Fisher River.  After entering the watershed of the New River, SR 89 crosses the West Fork of Chestnut Creek and has an interchange with the Blue Ridge Parkway, which provides access to the Blue Ridge Music Center to the east.  North of the parkway, the state highway intersects SR 613 (Edmonds Road), which leads west to Big Spring Bog Natural Area Preserve.  SR 89 heads straight north as Skyline Highway to McCarmant Hill, where the highway leaves Grayson County and enters the independent city of Galax as Main Street.  The state highway crosses Chestnut Creek twice before meeting the western end of SR 97 (Pipers Gap Road).  SR 89 heads through downtown Galax before reaching its northern terminus at US 58 and US 221 (Stuart Drive).
caption: View north along SR 89 north of SR 865 in Galax
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