Tennessee US 58 begins at a
trumpet interchange with
US 25E, just south of the
Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The interchange is located on the border of the municipalities of
Cumberland Gap and
Harrogate, within
Claiborne County. The route travels northeast as a four lane divided highway, through a small section of Cumberland Gap with a few businesses. US 58 then abruptly leaves Cumberland Gap and enters a small section of a rural area within Harrogate, passing along the southeastern edge of the
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. After intersecting a road leading to the park and the historical area in Cumberland Gap, the route leaves the state of
Tennessee and enters the commonwealth of
Virginia, after only about a half mile in Tennessee. US 58 in Tennessee carries the designation State Route 383.
Virginia Tennessee to Jonesville Upon entering Virginia, US 58 also enters
Lee County and becomes Wilderness Road. The divided highway makes a reverse turn heading generally towards the east, in a forested region, before turning east-northeast after to the south of the Wilderness Road entrance to the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. US 58 crosses over Station Creek, before curving due east through the hamlet of
Gibson Station. Past Gibson Station, the highway passes northeast through an area of a rolling hills with homes surrounding either side of the road. It is paralleled by Indian Creek on its southeast side, with the route crossing over its Pendleton Branch, prior to intersecting
SR 691 in the village of
Wheeler. US 58 continues northeast from Wheeler, before turning due east again while passing along the southern edge of the
Wilderness Road State Park. The route crosses Indian Creek twice, before intersecting
SR 684 to the southwest of a park and ride lot, and the DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center of
Lincoln Memorial University. The route then dips south through more rural areas of rolling hills, residences, and farmland before turning northeast once more. After passing through some hill cuts with stone sides and crossing over the Roaring Branch of Indian Creek, US 58 reaches the unincorporated town of
Ewing. At Ewing, the route reaches its first intersection with a gantry, as its intersection with
SR 724 has a blinking yellow light above it. US 58 continues northeast through more rural forests and farmland along the southeastern slope of Poor Valley Ridge, before reaching the unincorporated town of
Rose Hill. In Rose Hill, more businesses and houses appear along the edges of the road, and a
jersey barrier briefly forms in the median before the road crosses over the White Branch of the
Powell River. Beyond the crossing, the median reverts to a grassy surface as US 58 leaves Rose Hill. The route continues to pass more homes, mainly in the traditional style, and businesses, mainly those that are timber shed retailers, before it makes a brief turn to the due east. Here US 58 crosses over Burning Well Road, Hardy Creek, and the railroad line of
CSX Transportation (former
L&N) leading to the Hagan's Switchback, on a twin-span beam bridge. The route then turns back towards the northeast and crosses the Hugh C. Chance Memorial Bridge. US 58 then makes a curve to the southeast through hilly wooded areas, before crossing over Dry Creek and meeting State Routes
880 and
758 at an intersection. The latter road provides access to the
Lee County Airport. Past the intersection, US 58 briefly gains an eastbound climbing lane, before narrowing back to two lanes in each direction. The route continues east before heading northeast through wooded residential areas. Soon US 58 narrows to a two-lane rural road heading east through hilly residential zones entering the town limits of
Jonesville, the county seat of Lee County.
Jonesville to Virginia Beach just east of
Emporia, VirginiaEast of Jonesville, US 58 intersects
US 421, and the two routes stay concurrent through
Duffield (where the concurrency also picks up
U.S. 23),
Gate City,
Weber City (where the US 23 concurrency ends), and
Bristol, where US 58 begins a concurrency with
Interstate 81. The two routes stay concurrent until I-81 exit 19 in
Abingdon, where US 58 resumes its eastward journey close to the Virginia–North Carolina state line. The route is signed as the
J.E.B. Stuart Highway and the
A. L. Philpott Memorial Highway. Much of the highway through the region features
hairpin turns, steep grades, and load-zoned bridges. US 58 begins a concurrency with
US 221 in
Independence, and the routes stay merged through
Hillsville, just past the interchange with
Interstate 77. Continuing eastward, the route crosses the
Blue Ridge Parkway in the unincorporated community of
Meadows of Dan before winding its way to
Martinsville, where US 58 and
US 220 share a southern bypass of the city. Between Stuart and the Martinsville bypass, several loops are found following the original alignment. East of Martinsville, a loop between Byrd's Store and
Axton follows the original alignment, although one section west of Byrd's Store and one section east of Chatmoss remain inaccessible. Between Martinsville and Danville and between Danville and South Boston the route was widened to four lanes as part of the Arterial Highway system initiated by the Commonwealth in the mid 1960s. A newer alignment was generally just added to the older alignment. A loop of the older alignment is visible east of Brosville. Approaching
Danville, US 58 once again follows an expressway bypass to the south of the city, while a business route enters the city itself. It reaches its southernmost point near the North Carolina state line at its interchange with
US 29, where the exit ramp to southbound US 29 immediately enters North Carolina, and the ramp to eastbound US 58 from northbound US 29 instantly enters Virginia. Drivers continuing into the city without exiting onto US 58 east instantly enter Virginia before going under the bridge that carries the bypass. The southeastern half of this bypass is shared with 9. East of Danville, US 29 continues north, while US 58 picks up
US 360 (which begins in central Danville) and resumes its eastward journey. The routes stay cosigned until
South Boston, where US 360 resumes a more northerly route to
Richmond, while US 58 travels eastward to
Clarksville and crosses
Kerr Lake. The route crosses
US 1 and
Interstate 85 in
South Hill, followed by
Interstate 95 and
US 301 in
Emporia. Near
Franklin, an expressway bypass carries US 58 (and, for one stretch,
US 258) south of the city, while a business route enters the city. A bypass also carries traffic around
Suffolk, where US 58 begins concurrencies with
US 13 and then
US 460. The three US routes stay merged until an intersection with the
Hampton Roads Beltway at the confluence of
Interstate 64,
Interstate 264, and
Interstate 664. US 58 travels inside the beltway and through
Portsmouth and into
Norfolk via the Midtown Tunnel. The route crosses I-64 once again, and continues to
Virginia Beach, roughly paralleling I-264 to its south. US 58, designated as Virginia Beach Boulevard and becoming Laskin Rd. in Virginia Beach, ends at
US 60, Pacific Ave. Historically, US 58 continued for one additional block to the east, ending at Atlantic Ave., which once carried US 60 and then Business US 60. Much of the western section of US 58 is part of
Crooked Road, Virginia and
The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.
Alternate route An
alternate route of US 58, known as
U.S. Route 58 Alternate (
US 58 Alt.), splits from the main route in
Abingdon, Virginia and travels northwest (signed west) as the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" to
Coeburn. From there, US 58 Alt. travels in a southwesterly direction (signed west) through
Norton,
Big Stone Gap and
Pennington Gap before rejoining the main route in
Jonesville. ==History==