Richlands info for Liberty fans
At the speed limit, stadium to stadium is about 3 1/4 hours.
Take 81 South to Wytheville, then 77 North to near Bluefield.
Get in right lane in 2nd tunnel - you have to exit almost immediately
onto a stiff, uphill ramp. 25 MEANS 25 here, folks. It's worse than
any of the Salem on/off ramps.
At top of ramp, turn right onto US 52 for a couple of miles.
OLD TIMERS NOTE : 52/460 interchange has been 'upgraded' into a terror.
Watch for 460 sign to Tazewell and/or Bluefield.
DO NOT take first right exit to Princeton.
Stay on 52 OVER 460 THEN exit right downhill 5 stories onto 460/19,
which then climbs back 5 stories to the stop light. Long merge lane here.
Stay on 460 about 20 minutes to Pounding Mill, where speed limit drops
to 45 before the Wal-Mart.
Unless you want to stop at the Wendy's up ahead on the left, you've got
1 mile to get into right lane. At the traffic light at the top of the hill,
left lane is US 19 and goes straight, while right lane is 460 and EXITS right
to Richlands as a "ramp" - no light here, but be careful, there's a Waffle & Egg
just around the corner on the right.
Go down the hill 2.2 miles. You'll exit right just past the bridge.
MERGE right onto Bus. 460 at the bottom of the ramp and go back under the bridge.
Ernie Hicks Stadium is just over 1/2 mile ahead on the right.
Restaurants
Past Wal-Mart on 460/19, there's a Wendys on the left and a mini-McD's on the
right in the gas station past the motel.
At the light, there's a Waffle & egg on the right.
At the next light, turn left up to the Mall for Italian Village,
which is inside on the back wall near K-Mart.
On down on the right is a Pizza Plus.
On Bus. 460 across from the stadium is Long John's on the left.
On past the stadium is a mini-Taco Bell on the left and Pizza Hut on the right.
On 460 bypass past the stadium
Next exit, 1.6 miles away has a Hardees. Turn left at bottom of ramp.
Go about 1/2 mile. At the light, turn right onto Bus. 460 (2 lanes, 1 way).
Hardee's is ahead on the left.
2.9 miles away, at the 1st light, turn left onto Bus. 460 for Burger King,
Wendys & McDonalds on the left.
At the 2nd light, turn left, then left again for Shoney's.
Go another mile to KFC on the left (about 4 miles from the stadium).
NO U-turn allowed here. Turn left at the light onto US 67,
then turn left through an Exxon parking lot to get back onto 460 to KFC.