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46-471: The Manassas Water Tower is a historic water storage facility at 9000 Quarry Street in Manassas, Virginia . It is a steel structure 147 feet (45 m) in height, and is typical in style for its 1914 construction date, with a steel trestle supporting a tank with a hemispherical base and conical roof. It has a capacity of 75,000 US gallons (280,000 L; 62,000 imp gal). It was built near one of

92-555: A $ 3 billion-dollar expansion project at the Manassas site, and it's expected to create 1,100 jobs by 2030. Other major employers include Lockheed Martin (1500 employees) and the Novant Prince William Health System (1400 employees). In 2019 High Purity Systems, a locally based high-tech contracting company, announced plans to invest $ 8.5 million in new facilities to triple production capability, marking

138-530: A four-lane divided highway that reduces to two lanes at the entrance to the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College , and then enters Manassas National Battlefield Park, site of the First and Second Battles of Bull Run. The state highway intersects US 29 ( Lee Highway ) within the battlefield park. After leaving the preserve, SR 234 passes through the community of Sudley Springs , where

184-465: Is $ 300,000 to $ 499,999, with a median owner-occupied housing value of $ 259,100. The city's highest period of growth was from 1980 to 1989, when 35% of the city's housing stock was constructed. The ACS estimated median household income for the city in 2020 was $ 86,227. 36% of the population has a college degree. Almost as many people commute into the City of Manassas for work (13,316) as out (13,666), with

230-624: Is Pamela J. Sebesky. The City of Manassas is served by the Manassas City Public Schools . There are five elementary schools in Manassas, two intermediate schools, a middle school, and a high school. In 2006, Mayfield Intermediate School opened, serving students in fifth and sixth grade. Due to growth, Baldwin Intermediate School opened in September 2017, also serving 5th and 6th graders. Some schools in

276-449: Is a four lane undivided highway that passes by a townhouse development ( Georgetown South ) and retail developments before entering Old Town Manassas and crossing over SR 28 . Shortly after this point Grant Avenue reduces to two lanes, then divides into a boulevard with spaces for on-street parking, and passes by homes, some of which are antebellum in architecture. When Grant Avenue meets Sudley Road, SR 234 Business turns to

322-563: Is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia , United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County , although the two are separate jurisdictions. Manassas borders the independent city of Manassas Park, Virginia . The Bureau of Economic Analysis includes both Manassas and Manassas Park with Prince William County for statistical purposes. Manassas contains several historic sites dating from 1850 to 1870. Manassas surrounds

368-734: Is at the Broad Run/Airport just to the west in the community of Bristow . Just north of the rail line, the state highway meets SR 28 (Nokesville Road) at a three-level interchange featuring flyover ramps from both directions of SR 28 to SR 234. SR 234 continues north past the Prince William Science and Technology Campus of George Mason University , which features the Hylton Performing Arts Center, then intersects SR 674 (Wellington Road) and Sudley Manor Drive, which connects Linton Hall to

414-458: Is expected to begin in fall 2020 and be completed in late 2022. A quadrant roadway intersection is planned at the intersection of SR 234 and University Boulevard in Manassas. Construction is expected to start in fall 2020 and be completed in fall 2022. A completed portion of the bypass was used prior to it being open to traffic as a scene in the 1998 disaster film , Deep Impact . About 2,100 extras and 1,870 vehicles were used to stage

460-518: Is mainly served by I-66 , U.S. 29 , Virginia State Route 234 Business and Virginia State Route 28 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km ), of which 9.9 square miles (25.6 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km ) (0.5%) is water. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to

506-430: The 1940 renumbering , the northern piece of SR 234 (through Purcellville) became part of State Route 17 . SR 234 was rerouted to continue northwest on SR 734 from Philomont to Bluemont (also never transferred to the primary system), where it absorbed the short State Route 245 to State Route 7 . At the same time, a short piece of SR 234 south of Gilberts Corner also became U.S. Route 15 . Also around that time, SR 234

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552-604: The Köppen Climate Classification system, Manassas has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Average monthly temperatures range from 33.3 °F (0.7 °C) in January to 76.7 °F (24.8 °C) in July. The local hardiness zone is 7a. According to the census of 2020 , the population of the City of Manassas was 42,772 which represented a 13.1% growth in population since

598-612: The Norfolk Southern railroad. Amtrak and the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) provide regular inter-city and commuter service to the city and surrounding area on the tracks owned by NS. Manassas station is served by VRE and three Amtrak routes: the New York City to Chicago Cardinal , Boston to Roanoke Northeast Regional , and New York to New Orleans Crescent . The train station

644-683: The Prince William County Public Schools district have Manassas addresses, though they are located, and serve areas, outside the Manassas city limits. Seton School, a private Roman Catholic junior and senior high school affiliated with the Diocese of Arlington , provides Catholic education from its Manassas location. The All Saints Catholic School at the All Saints Parish provides Catholic Education from pre-K through 8th grade. The All Saints Catholic School

690-528: The Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Highway. The 2005 widening of SR 234 to four lanes in the areas of Independent Hill and Canova have resulted in some minor realignments. A former stretch of SR 234 through Canova has been renamed Canova Drive, and SR 234 was moved about 1 block east. At Independent Hill, Bristow Road has been extended onto former SR 234 , and SR 234 itself was realigned about 300 meters north. During

736-493: The traffic jam scene for that film. State Route 234 Business ( SR 234 Bus. or 234-BR on some maps) in Manassas is a bannered primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia, and traverses both Prince William County and the City of Manassas. SR 234 Business is known by three names: Dumfries Road in Prince William County and Manassas, Grant Avenue in the City of Manassas, and Sudley Road in

782-830: The 38-acre (15-hectare) county courthouse, which is located on county property. Manassas is part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area and is in the Northern Virginia region. In July 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run —also known as the Battle of First Manassas —was fought nearby, the first major land battle of the American Civil War . Manassas commemorated its 150th anniversary on July 21–24, 2011. The Second Battle of Bull Run (or

828-533: The Battle of Second Manassas) was fought near Manassas on August 28–30, 1862. At that time, Manassas Junction was little more than a railroad crossing, but a strategic one, with rails leading to Richmond, Virginia , Washington, D.C. , and the Shenandoah Valley . Despite these two Confederate victories, Manassas Junction was in Union hands for most of the war. Following the war, the crossroads grew into

874-472: The City of Manassas and Prince William County. SR 234 Business starts in the south as Dumfries Road as a four lane undivided highway. As it passes by the Prince William County fairgrounds before it enters the City of Manassas, it becomes two lanes. After entering the city, Dumfries Road passes by residential neighborhoods and becomes a four-lane divided road, and crosses Wellington Road . At Wellington Road SR 234 Business changes to Grant Avenue, which

920-530: The Dumfries Road Commuter Lot, a park and ride facility, before it meets I-95 at a partial cloverleaf interchange. North of Dumfries, SR 234 parallels Quantico Creek and follows the border of Prince William Forest Park to the southwest. The state highway also passes many residential subdivisions on the highway's northbound side in the community of Montclair , where the highway reduces to four lanes at Country Club Drive. SR 234 curves to

966-685: The Manassas National Battlefield, and then follow current SR 659 to US 50 in Loudoun County.  The goal of the project is to connect Prince William County and Loudoun county to alleviate congestion between Manassas and Washington Dulles International Airport . While the Loudoun County Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved the project, many Prince William County residents oppose the plan.  In March 2016,

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1012-906: The Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted to remove the Bi-County Parkway from its long-range planning blueprint. The Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance has also proposed a Tri-County Parkway. The highway would start near the intersection of SR 234 and SR 28 and follow Godwin Drive to I-66. It would then follow SR 621 east of Manassas National Battlefield Park, ultimately connecting to Loudoun County Parkway. The project would link Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William Counties and provide an alternate route between Manassas, I-66 and Washington Dulles International Airport.  Some Prince William County supervisors support construction to extend Godwin Drive, as opposed to

1058-598: The Tri-County Parkway, due to the lower cost and lesser disruptive impact on residents and businesses.  The project is supported by Prince William Supervisor Pete Candland. As a part of the Transform 66 project, the current at-grade intersection of SR 234 and Balls Ford Road will be converted to a diverging diamond interchange at a cost of $ 167 million. As a part of this project, Balls Ford Road will be realigned about 0.50 miles (0.80 km) south, where

1104-874: The United States to have mechanical air conditioning. Annaburg was purchased by the City of Manassas in July 2019 to be restored and preserved as a public park. The Manassas Historic District ; Liberia , a plantation house; the Manassas Water Tower ; the Cannon Branch Fort ; the Mayfield Fortification ; the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth ; and Annaburg are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Manassas

1150-573: The city itself. Manassas Regional Airport is within the city limits. It is the busiest general aviation airport in Virginia, with more than 415 aircraft and 26 businesses based onsite, including charter companies, avionics, maintenance, flight schools and aircraft services. Between 2019 and 2021 APP Jet Center, a jet servicing company, built three new hangars fit for larger private planes along with extensive renovations to their existing hangars. Manassas began life as Manassas Junction, so named for

1196-458: The city of Manassas as SR 234 Business. SR 234 continues northwest as Prince William Parkway, a four-lane divided highway western bypass of Manassas. The state highway passes to the east of Manassas Regional Airport , which is accessed via Clover Hill Road. Just north of the airport, SR 234 crosses over Norfolk Southern Railway 's Washington District rail line, which is also used by Virginia Railway Express 's Manassas Line, whose western terminus

1242-553: The city's six water wells, and is one of six water towers in the state with a hemispherical bottom. It is also the oldest water tower in the region. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. This article about a property in Manassas, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Manassas, Virginia Manassas ( / m ə ˈ n æ s ə s / ), formerly Manassas Junction ,

1288-439: The continued expansion of high-tech firms in the area. The Manassas Regional Airport has 26 businesses operating out of the airport property. There are 415 based airplanes and two fixed-base operators, APP Jet Center and Dulles Aviation. 11% of people working in Manassas live in the city, while 89% commute in. 36% commute from Prince William County and 18% commute from Fairfax. Additionally 16,700 people commute from Manassas to

1334-402: The first Friday of every month, when the city showcases local art and organizes themed activities. The city museum opened in 1973 in preparation for the city's centennial and a renovation and expansion was completed in fall 2023. Manassas has a council-manager system of government. As of November 2023 the interim city manager is Doug Keen; the mayor is Michelle Davis-Younger; and the vice mayor

1380-611: The given population in 2021 was approximately 34.7 minutes. This travel time is about 25 percent higher than the figure for Virginia (28.2 minutes) and about 1.3 times the figure for the entire United States (26.8 minutes). Regarding the means of transportation to work: The city's largest employer is Micron Technology . Headquartered in Boise, Idaho , this manufacturer of semiconductors operates its wafer factory in Manassas, where it employs 1,650 people directly, and several hundred others through vendor contracts. In December 2018, Micron began

1426-403: The highway crosses Little Bull Run and curves to the west. The state highway heads through the community of Catharpin before reaching its northern terminus at US 15 (James Madison Highway) in the hamlet of Woolsey north of Haymarket. Most of SR 234 southeast of Manassas , for 15.85 miles (25.51 km) from State Route 28 in Manassas towards State Route 31 ( U.S. Route 1 ) at Dumfries ,

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1472-582: The interchange will be constructed, and a new grade-separated bridge will be built over the Norfolk Southern Railroad Line. In addition, Balls Ford Road would be widened from a two lanes street to a four-lane divided roadway between its intersection at Devlin Road / Wellington Road through the interchange to Doane Drive. This project coincides with a separate project to widen Balls Ford Road between Doane Drive to Ashton Avenue. Construction

1518-483: The last census in 2010. The racial breakdown per the 2020 Census for the city is as follows: 42.9% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin. This can be broken up ethnically as follows ( 2010 numbers): The population density for the city is 3,782.1 people per square mile, and there are an estimated 13,103 housing units in the city with an average housing density of 1,310.3 per square mile. The greatest percentage of housing values of owner-occupied homes (34.8%)

1564-520: The late 1990s the SR 234 Bypass was constructed to route through traffic from I-66 to the southeast around downtown Manassas. The existing portion of SR 234 was renamed SR 234 Business. The Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance has recommended a new limited access highway extending SR 234 past its intersection with I-66. The highway would junction and re-connect with current SR 234 in Catharpin near

1610-500: The majority of out commuters traveling to Fairfax and Prince William counties for their jobs. Unemployment in the city as of February 2022 was 2.5%, which was below that of the United States at 3.8%. Of the 21,221 working age residents, 20,620 were employed. City residents are primarily employed in Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, and Health Care and Social Assistance. The ACS estimated mean travel time to work for

1656-703: The north at Independent Hill, which the highway bypasses. The old alignment through the village, which contains the remains of the Greenwood Gold Mine , is designated SR 234 Old . SR 234 passes through the communities of Canova , Cornwell , and Lake Jackson , where the highway crosses the Occoquan River just east of the community's namesake reservoir. Just north of Lake Jackson, the state highway intersects Prince William Parkway (SR 294), which connects Manassas and Woodbridge. Just north of Prince William Parkway, Dumfries Road turns north toward

1702-629: The northwest along Sudley Road. This road is a four-lane divided highway that passes by the Manassas U.S. Post Office , the Prince William Hospital (part of the Novant Health System), the Manassas Mall , and several business establishments. SR 234 Business ends at the intersection with I-66 , that also carries SR 234. SR 234 continues northward from there along Sudley Road. SR 234 Business

1748-696: The railroad junction between the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and the Manassas Gap Railroad . The O&A owned the railway from Alexandria through Manassas to points south, ending in Orange, Virginia , while the MGRR was an independent line constructed from Manassas Junction through the Manassas Gap westward. In addition Manassas was the site of the first large scale military use of railroad transportation. These original routes are now owned by

1794-426: The southwest with Bull Run to the northeast. SR 234 continues northwest, intersecting Balls Ford Road before reaching a trumpet interchange with I-66, at exit 44 on I-66. SR 234 joins the interstate in a concurrency east for three miles to a partial cloverleaf interchange with Sudley Road at exit 47, where SR 234 leaves the concurrency and meets the northern end of SR 234 Business. SR 234 heads north from I-66 as

1840-563: The surrounding areas. In 2016, 3.3% of Manassas residents were unemployed. In 2017 the city created new "streetscape standards" and announced plans for the Mathis Avenue Streetscape Project, aimed at developing Mathis Avenue from Sudley Road to Liberia Avenue into a more pedestrian-friendly, walkable area with significantly improved traffic congestion. The plan is estimated to cost the city $ 7.3 million and to be completed by 2026. First Friday festivals occur on

1886-412: The town of Manassas, which was incorporated in 1873. In 1894, Manassas was designated the county seat of Prince William County, replacing Brentsville . In 1975, Manassas was incorporated as an independent city, and as per Virginia law, was separated from Prince William County. Manassas is home to Annaburg , built in 1892 by Robert Portner as a summer home. It is believed to be one of the first homes in

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1932-711: Was a Presidential Blue Ribbon Award winner in 2009. Also in the vicinity of Manassas are branch campuses of American Public University System , George Mason University , Northern Virginia Community College , ECPI College of Technology and Strayer University . Though some of these are just outside the city limits in Prince William County, NVCC and Strayer call these branches their Manassas Campuses. Public schools in Manassas: The major roads into and out of Manassas are Virginia State Route 28 , Virginia State Route 234 and Virginia State Route 234 Business . I-66 and US-29 service Manassas, but neither passes through

1978-425: Was added to the state highway system in 1928 as State Route 709 . The final 2.50 miles (4.02 km) were added in 1929, making SR 709 a continuous Manassas-Dumfries route. In the other direction, from Manassas northwest towards Gilberts Corner , 6.42 miles (10.33 km) were added in 1930 and 1931. In 1932, the rest of the road to Gilberts Corner, now State Route 705 and U.S. Route 15 north of Catharpin ,

2024-412: Was added to the state highway system. SR 709 became State Route 234 in the 1933 renumbering , as did State Route 721 ( Brunswick, Maryland to south of Purcellville , now State Route 287 and part of State Route 690 ). The gap from U.S. Route 50 at Aldie (west of Gilberts Corner) northwest to Philomont on State Route 734 and then north towards Purcellville on SR 690 was never filled. In

2070-430: Was also used for the cover photo of Stephen Stills ' album Manassas . [REDACTED] Media related to Manassas, Virginia at Wikimedia Commons Virginia State Route 234 Business (Manassas) SR 234 begins at an intersection with US 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) on the northern edge of the town of Dumfries. The state highway heads northwest as Dumfries Road, a six-lane divided highway that passes southwest of

2116-461: Was rerouted to head west rather than northwest from Catharpin , using a longer piece of new US 15 (from Woolsey north to Gilberts Corner). The piece at Bluemont was transferred to the secondary system in 1943, truncating SR 234 back to Gilberts Corner and beyond to its current end at US 15. In 2005, the Commonwealth of Virginia designated Route 234 between U.S. Route 1 and Interstate 66 as

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