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There are only two auxiliary routes from I-81.

• Interstate 381 to Bristol, Virginia is a one and one half mile spur serviced by north and south interchanges at I-81 exit 3.
• Interstate 581 is a six lane highway approximately six miles long and has cloverleaf type intersections at most of its interchanges with local roads. Many of these cloverleaf style intersections are known traffic problems and bumper-to-bumper congestion is almost always expected, with even minor increases in traffic levels.

Future plans call for I-581 to be upgraded and to become part of a planned expansion of I-73 which is now only in the state of North Carolina. So, expect the traffic to remain as is, as no other proposals are currently addressing the problem. I-581 terminates in downtown Roanoke, VA.

Interstate 81 connects with three other Interstate Highways in Virginia. In the deepest southern portion of VA, I-81 interchanges and runs concurrent for about 10 miles with I-77, connecting it to West Virginia then Ohio and northward to the Great lakes area at the western interchange, and south to Charlotte, North Carolina from the eastern end of the interchange.

Interstate 64 joins up with I-81 from the west at the southern interchange in Lexington, VA and stays concurrent for about 30 miles. I-64 breaks off to the east at Staunton, VA and continues on to Richmond and its ultimate end in Norfolk, VA.

Just before I-81 leaves the state to the north it interchanges with the short direct Washington, DC feeder highway known as Interstate 66 in Middletown, VA. It’s also a good turn off point if your ultimate goal is to reach the beaches of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey as easy access to I-95 North can be had where I-66 ends.

All in all, I-81 is a scenic highway with many varied and important destinations along its Virginia mileposts, and is a major economic corridor for the more rural western half of the state.

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