 SR 252 has a partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 262 (Woodrow Wilson Parkway), a circumferential highway around Staunton, before entering the independent city.The state highway follows Middlebrook Avenue to the downtown area, where it passes under CSX's North Mountain Subdivision.SR 262 turns north onto Lewis Street, then east onto Beverley Street, a one-way street that carries eastbound SR 254.