 Most of US 460 is a four-lane divided highway and is a major artery in the southern third of the state.From Petersburg to Suffolk, US 460 is a four-lane non-divided highway.It is a popular alternative to Interstate 64 (I-64) when going from
Richmond and other points in central Virginia to the Currituck Sound and Outer Banks of North Carolina, avoiding the congestion
and tunnels of the more northerly I-64 corridor.