 It is a U.S primary and has locally been called "The Bloody Highway" because of the above average crash statistics for Augusta county.Route 340 was widened to a 5-lane unlimited access highway in 2002 in Crimora's village center but it is only 0.6 miles in length.VDOT plans to eventually widen North 340 from Waynesboro to Grottoes, VA.

Turk Mountain is the prominent landmark of Crimora and has a giant boulder on the north end of its summit.