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The 17th century road to Green Spring, home of Governor Sir William Berkeley, formed the eastern part of the Great Road, the earliest-developed English thoroughfare in Virginia. Running from Jamestown Island toward the falls of the James River, it served as an important route for transporting goods and carrying communications between settlements. Originally following close to the James River and linking Jamestown to Green Spring, it later changed course, and by 6 July 1781 the lower portion, now part of present day Rte. 614, had shifted eastward as the Revolutionary War Battle of Green Spring was fought in the fields along it.
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