Richmond to Hopewell SR 10 begins at US 360 (Hull Street) in the Southside of Richmond. The state highway heads south along two-lane undivided Broad Rock Road, which continues north of the intersection as a city street. SR 10 expands to a four-lane undivided street as the highway approaches its intersection with
SR 161 (Belt Boulevard) at
Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center. The two highways run concurrently along four-lane
divided Broad Rock Boulevard. The two highways diverge just north of SR 10's crossing of the
CSX line that passes through Richmond's
West End. The state highway intersects Warwick Road and Walmsley Boulevard while passing through the neighborhoods south of the railroad line, including
Broad Rock. SR 10's name changes to Iron Bridge Road shortly before exiting the city limits at its crossing of a reservoir along
Falling Creek. SR 10 meets
SR 150 (Chippenham Parkway) at a
cloverleaf interchange shortly after the route enters the
Meadowbrook community of Chesterfield County. The state highway has a cloverleaf interchange with another freeway,
SR 288, just south of
Chesterfield County Airport. SR 10 continues south through
Chesterfield Court House, where the highway passes through the county office complex and by the historic home
Magnolia Grange. The state highway meets the western end of
SR 145 (Centralia Road) on the south side of the county seat. SR 10 curves east to pass through
Chester, where the highway has a short concurrency with
SR 144, which heads south as Harrowgate Road and north as Chester Road on either side of the main Richmond–Petersburg CSX rail line. SR 10 continues east as West Hundred Road, which has an intersection with
US 1 and
US 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway) followed by a cloverleaf interchange with
Interstate 95 (I-95, Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike). The state highway crosses over CSX's
Hopewell Subdivision while passing through an industrial area. After intersecting Old Bermuda Hundred Road, SR 10 continues southeast as East Hundred Road, which has a cloverleaf interchange with
I-295 in
Enon. The state highway heads southeast through the community of Rivermont before crossing the
Appomattox River on the
Charles Hardaway Marks Bridges into the city of Hopewell. SR 10, which is named Randolph Road within the
independent city, passes to the east of the plantation
Weston Manor and
City Point National Cemetery and meets the eastern end of
SR 36 (Sixth Avenue). The state highway also passes to the south of
City Point, the peninsula at the confluence of the Appomattox and
James rivers that features the plantation
Appomattox Manor. East of downtown Hopewell, SR 10 reduces to a two-lane undivided road and crosses under railroad tracks into an industrial area where the highway meets
SR 156 (Winston Churchill Drive), where the road expands to a four-lane divided highway again. The two state highways leave the city by crossing
Bailey Creek into Prince George County.
Hopewell to Suffolk SR 10 and SR 156 continue east as James River Drive and are joined by
SR 106 (Ruffin Road) for a short distance before SR 106 and SR 156 head north on Jordan Point Road toward
Jordan Point, where the highways cross the James River on the
Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge. SR 10 reduces to a two-lane undivided road and heads southeast through a mix of farmland and forest. The state highway crosses Powell Creek at
Garysville, which lies south of
James River National Wildlife Refuge and
Flowerdew Hundred Plantation. The state highway traverses Wards Creek at
Burrowsville, which is southwest of the
Upper and
Lower Brandon plantations. SR 10 crosses Upper Chippokes Creek into Surry County, where the highway continues as Colonial Trail and meets the eastern end of
SR 40 (Martin Luther King Highway) in
Spring Grove. The north leg of the intersection leads to the town of
Claremont and the plantation
Four Mile Tree. SR 10 runs concurrently with
SR 31 (Rolfe Highway) through the town of
Surry. SR 31 leads north to the
Jamestown Ferry. SR 10 passes through the hamlet of California Crossroads, where SR 633 (Chippokes Farm Road) leads north to
Chippokes Plantation State Park. The state highway traverses Lower Chippokes Creek and passes the
Old Brick Church and
Bacon's Castle, a rare American example of
Jacobean architecture, in the namesake hamlet. SR 10 continues as Old Stage Highway after crossing Lawnes Creek into Isle of Wight County, where the highway briefly parallels the James River through
Rushmere. South of Rushmere, Old Stage Highway splits southeast as SR 10 Business, which passes by the
Smithfield Foods plant and through downtown Smithfield. SR 10 crosses the
Pagan River and enters the town of Smithfield just before intersecting Main Street, which heads southwest as US 258 and northeast as
US 258 Business into downtown Smithfield. SR 10 and US 258 have a
diamond interchange with Fairway Drive and cross Cypress Creek before meeting the other end of US 258 Business and SR 10 Business (Church Street) just south of the town limits. SR 10 and US 258 continue south together as Benns Church Road, a four-lane divided highway, to
Benns Church, the site of historic
St. Luke's Church. US 258 turns east onto Brewers Neck Road, which also carries SR 32, to head toward the
James River Bridge to
Newport News. SR 32 joins SR 10 in a concurrency that continues through SR 10's eastern terminus in Suffolk. At the northern city limit of Suffolk at Wills Corner, the highways reduce to two lanes and become Godwin Boulevard. SR 10 and SR 32 cross
Chuckatuck Creek and meet the western end of
SR 125 (Kings Highway) in the community of
Chuckatuck. After crossing the Western Branch of the Nansemond River, the two highways expand to a four-lane divided highway and enter a suburban area. SR 10 and SR 32 pass by Sentara Obici Hospital before a
partial cloverleaf interchange with the Suffolk Bypass, which carries
US 13,
US 58, and
US 460. South of the interchange, the two highways become a five-lane road with a
center left-turn lane. The highways meet and are joined by
US 460 Business (Pruden Boulevard) at Elephant Fork. Just south of their crossing of the
Nansemond River, the highways intersect Constance Road, which features
US 58 Business on both sides of the intersection. US 460 Business turns east onto Constance Road, while
US 13 Business joins SR 10 and SR 32 south on four-lane undivided Main Street into downtown Suffolk. SR 10 reaches its eastern terminus at SR 337 (Washington Street), where SR 32 and US 13 Business continue south along Main Street toward
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