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Course packed with sights, attractions
Date published: 5/12/2008
BY EMILY BATTLE
Fredericksburg packs a diverse set of sights and attractions into its 10 square miles. The Historic Half will take you through a lot of them, from the newest commercial areas to the historic downtown, and back.
1. STARTING LINE: WHERE AM I? The start and finish lines for this race are in the middle of what is planned as a major tourism campus in Fredericksburg, called Celebrate Virginia. Come back to run this race next year, and you should see a Wegmans grocery store in place of the construction site you’ll see to your left as you begin your run. Kalahari Resorts also has plans to build a waterpark hotel and conference center around the Fredericksburg Expo and Convention Center where you picked up your race gear, so stay tuned to how this piece of the city changes in the coming years. 2. I-95: BE GLAD YOU’RE NOT IN TRAFFIC Just after you cross the one-mile marker, you’ll cross over Interstate 95, a road that takes many Fredericksburg-area residents to jobs in Washington, D.C., each day. Shortly after the two-mile mark, you’ll turn right onto a road that will lead you through the Westwood subdivision, and out to State Route 3, a road that would take you down the Northern Neck to the east, or out to Culpeper to the west. But you’ll be turning left, following William Street up a slight hill. 3. INTO THE OLD TOWN This road will lead you into historic downtown Fredericksburg. You’re going to take a somewhat windy path to get there, though. After you pass the University of Mary Washington—celebrating its 100th anniversary this year—on your left, you’ll turn onto Sunken Road, and enter the College Terrace neighborhood. You’ll wind through this neighborhood, and past the stately homes that line Washington Avenue, before coming out on Princess Anne Street, a corridor that includes many of the city’s government offices, courts and churches. In fact, you might even mistake the city’s historic Circuit Courthouse as a church. Look for it on your left in the block just before the seven-mile marker. Built in 1852, it was designed by renowned architect James Renwick Jr. You’ll then turn down Hanover Street and wind onto Caroline Street, the main business corridor of downtown Fredericksburg.
Date published: 5/12/2008
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