At Madison, US 29 begins to make a transition. It is fittingly done at this town and county named after the family of settlers that produced President James Madison. (1)  After miles of hugging the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the highway meets VA 231 south of Madison.  Route 231 joins the Seminole Trail after its own scenic journey from Gordonsville to the southeast.  In Madison, US 29 turns northeast towards the flatter and Civil War-rich lands of Northern Virginia.  VA 231 heads north and provides a spectacular two-lane drive with the many peaks of the Blue Ridge in eyesight to the west.  The US 29 Bypass of Madison was built in the late 1950s.  The bypass like the Lovingston Bypass further south does not have any exits.

VA 231 splits from Route 29 in Madison.

Culpeper-Remington & Culpeper/Remington Bypasses:
Like many of the towns that received a US 29 bypass, the town of Culpeper (1972) and the town of Remington (1974) were the sites of two new alignments for US 29 in the early 1970s.  In Culpeper, US Route 15 joins Highway 29 (see photo at right) and both will continue on the same path until Gainesville.  The Remington Bypass like Madison and Lonvingston does not have any interchanges but is served by Business Routes 15 and 29.  The Remington Bypass is home to a few at grade intersections that can be improved into interchanges in the future. To travel US 15 follow the James Madison Highway.	Doug Kerr
Warrenton & Warrenton Bypass:
The Seminole Trail ends its journey through Virginia in the Town of Warrenton.  Warrenton also marks a crossroads of different features for US 29 and other routes as well.  US 15/29 after leaving Warrenton turns east and runs towards Washington D.C.  US 29 also joins the Lee Highway taking the name over from US 211 which terminates in Warrenton.  US 17 which joins the highway in Opal (see photo on left) and then heads north into the more rolling terrain of the foothill country.  Warrenton would be bypassed by Routes 15/29 to the east in 1986.  At that time, US 17 continued into the town along Business Route 29.  In 1998, US 17 would be placed on the eastern bypass and on its own new route that bypasses Warrenton to the North.  US 211 which up until 1980 ran along US 15/29 towards Washington along the Lee Highway was truncated to end in Warrenton that year.  With the completion of the US 17 Bypass on the north side of town, US 211 is now the only mainline of the four US Highways that serve Warrenton to actually run through the town limits.

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