History
A road along the present path of SR 120 has existed at least since the 1750s. This road, linking Alexandria to Great Falls, was first known as the "Road to the Falls." It linked the glebe lands of the ministers of The Falls Church in what is now Falls Church and the Christ Church in Alexandria and thus became known as Glebe Road. SR 120 appeared in its current form in the 1940 renumbering, replacing a small part of SR 9, which itself had replaced the original designation of State Route 25 in the 1933 renumbering. The majority of SR 25 became SR 123 in 1940.
Another SR 120 was designated in Franklin County in the 1933 renumbering. It consisted of two sections. One was the present-day SR 739 from its intersection with the present-day US 220 at Boones Mill westward for 5 miles (8.0 km). The other was the present-day SR 602 from its intersection with State Route 40 near Ferrum northward for 5 miles (8.0 km).
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