State: | VA |
Type: | VA |
Route: | 223 |
Alternate Name: | Cricket Hill Road |
Length Mi: | 2.07 |
Length Round: | 2 |
Map: | VA 223 map.svg |
Established: | 1933 |
Direction A: | South |
Direction B: | North |
Terminus A: | at Hudgins |
Terminus B: | on Gwynn's Island |
Counties: | Mathews |
Previous Type: | VA |
Previous Route: | 222 |
Next Type: | VA |
Next Route: | 224 |
State Route 223 (SR 223) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Cricket Hill Road, the state highway runs 2.07miles from SR 198 at Hudgins north to SR 633 on Gwynn's Island, an island at the mouth of the Piankatank River in northeastern Mathews County.
SR 223 begins at an intersection with SR 198 (Buckley Hall Road) at Hudgins. The state highway heads east and curves north through Cricket Hill. North of Cricket Hill, SR 223 crosses Milford Haven, a channel that separates Gwynn's Island from the mainland, and reaches its northern terminus at SR 633 (Old Ferry Road). SR 633 continues northeast through the island's settlements of Grimstead and Gwynn.