U.S. Route 460

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U.S. Route 460
US 460 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 60
Length	655 mi (1,054 km)
Existed	1933–present
Major junctions
West end	US 60 / US 421 in Frankfort, KY
Major intersections	I-75 in Georgetown, KY I-64 in Mount Sterling, KY I-77 near Princeton, WV I-81 in Christiansburg, VA I-581 / US 220 in Roanoke, VA I-85 in Petersburg, VA I-95 in Petersburg, VA I-295 in Petersburg, VA
East end	US 60 in Norfolk, VA
Location
Country	United States
States	Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided
← US 340 WV → I-470

U.S. Route 460 (US 460) is an auxiliary route of U.S. Route 60. It currently runs for 655 miles (1,054 km) from Norfolk, Virginia, at its parent route U.S. Route 60 at Ocean View to Frankfort, Kentucky, intersecting its parent route once again. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. It goes through the cities and towns of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Petersburg, Farmville, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Tazewell, and Grundy, in Virginia; Princeton and Bluefield in West Virginia; and Pikeville, Georgetown, and Frankfort in Kentucky.

The section from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg, Virginia, to U.S. Route 23 in Pikeville, Kentucky, is Corridor Q in the Appalachian Development Highway System. The portion improved under this system is unfinished between Grundy, Virginia, and Pikeville.

US 460 is a major east–west highway in Virginia. It is a major thoroughfare through southern Hampton Roads and connects the area to Petersburg. US 460 connects Lynchburg to Roanoke. US 460 is paired with US 221 between Bedford and Roanoke and with US 11 between Salem and Christiansburg. It is also the primary east–west roadway in the northern part of Southwest Virginia between Christiansburg and the Kentucky border; several miles near Bluefield pass through West Virginia.