State Route 76 extended northeast from downtown
Bristol to
US 11 south of
Wallace via
Kingtown. The former route, which mostly followed King Mill Pike, Old Airport Road, and Bonham Road, is now located entirely within Bristol city limits. of road from Bristol towards Kings Mill (now
Cleveland, southwest of
Green Spring) were added to the state highway system in 1928 as
State Route 109, but in reality the route left King Mill Pike about out of Bristol, turning northeast on Old Airport Road. The remainder to US 11 was added in 1930, and in 1932 the routing in Bristol was defined, beginning at the city limits on Massachusetts Avenue near Concord Street (halfway between Montpelier Avenue and Madison Street) and following Fairview Street, Danville Avenue, and Goodson Street. Primary extension funding was assigned to two routes down to
State Street (
US 421), one directly down Goodson Street and the other turning west on Mary Street and southwest approximately along modern MLK Boulevard. SR 109 became SR 76 in the
1933 renumbering. but the 1932 official Washington County map shows that the route was already complete. SR 76 followed Goodson Street all the way to State Street by 1936, and
State Route 76Y was on Mary Street by 1941, with its west end at Oakview Avenue (then
US 11, now
SR 113). In 1947, SR 76 swapped with SR 658 at its north end, moving from Old Airport Road to Bonham Road, and the routing in downtown Bristol was modified slightly in 1952. In 1966, SR 76 and SR 76Y were removed from Bristol altogether, with a portion on Goodson and Mary Streets becoming a realigned
US 421. The remaining of SR 76 lying outside Bristol were downgraded to secondary SR 895 in 1970; SR 895 itself was later swallowed up by the expanding city limits of Bristol. ==SR 77==