Editing Interstate 581 (section)

==History==
===Roy L. Webber Expressway===
In 1980, the highway was extended approximately {{convert|3.3|mi|km}} from the Elm Avenue interchange to [[Virginia State Route 419|SR&nbsp;419]] near [[Tanglewood Mall]] in Roanoke County. US&nbsp;220 continues as a four lane arterial road south of the SR&nbsp;419 interchange. Since the extension was not constructed to full [[Interstate Highway standards]],<ref name="Roanoker Magazine"/> it only carried the US&nbsp;220 designation and was named the Roy L. Webber Expressway after a [[Roy L. Webber|former mayor of Roanoke]]. The primary interchange along the expressway is at Wonju Street, which links Franklin Road ([[U.S. Route 220 Business (Roanoke, Virginia)|US&nbsp;220 Business]] [US&nbsp;220 Bus]) and Colonial Avenue and Brandon Avenue ([[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|US&nbsp;11]]). This exit provides quick access to downtown Roanoke from residential areas in southwest Roanoke. Wonju Street is named after [[Wonju]], [[South Korea]], one of Roanoke's [[sister cities]]. The expressway was originally constructed with four lanes but was widened to six lanes in the mid-1990s.

===Planned I-73===
The road was planned to become part of an extension of [[Interstate 73 in Virginia|I-73 in Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About I-73|website=[[Virginia Department of Transportation]]|url= https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/I73/I73-about.asp|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051005194428/http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/I73/I73-about.asp|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 5, 2005|access-date=November 15, 2023}}</ref> {{As of|2025}}, plans were shelved.