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Thoroughfare Gap (Bull Run Mountain)

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Elevation
  
129 m

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Traversed by
  
Virginia Route 55 Interstate 66

Location
  
Fauquier / Prince William counties, Virginia, United States

Range
  
Blue Ridge Mountains, Bull Run Mountains

Thoroughfare Gap is a water gap in the Bull Run Mountains created by Broad Run between High Point Mountain to the north and Bisquit Mountain to the south. It is located on the border of Prince William and Fauquier counties in Virginia.

Map of Thoroughfare Gap, Scott, VA 20137, USA

True to its name, the small gap is traversed by Interstate 66, Virginia State Route 55 and the Manassas Gap Railroad.

The ruins of historic Beverley Mill are located at the gap.

The gap was the site of the 1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap during the American Civil War. The Thoroughfare Gap Battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Thoroughfare Gap (Bull Run Mountain) Wikipedia