Climate Classification system, Bedford has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Transportation U.S. Route 221 runs through the town; and U.S. Route 460 circumvents the main part of town. State routes 43 and 122 converge onto the town. Until the late 1960s, there were three different Southern Railway/Norfolk & Western Railroad trains operating daily at Bedford station. Birmingham Special—New York City to Birmingham, and branch to Memphis Pelican—New York to New Orleans Tennessean—Washington to Memphis Amtrak service to Roanoke travels through, but does not make stops in Bedford. International links Bedford has a Friendship Treaty with: Ivybridge, Devon, England (signed in 2004). Bedford maintains relationships with 11 communities on the Normandy Coast of France. One sister city, Trévières, France, sent Bedford an exact replica of its own World War I memorial statue. The face of the statue was damaged in World War II by artillery fire from US forces retaking the town. The Bedford statue also bears these wounds and is erected on the grounds of the National D-Day Memorial. Notable people F.W. Caulkins, architect Lawrence Chambers, the first African American to command a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the first African American graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank. John Goode Jr., Virginia Congressman, Solicitor General of the United States Richard Urquhart Goode, geographer with the United States Geological Survey and Panama Canal The "Bedford Boys", 34 local men who served in the National Guard’s 116th Infantry Regiment during the amphibious landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day in World War II. References External links County seats in Virginia Towns in Virginia Towns in Bedford County, Virginia Populated places established in 1782 1782 establishments in Virginia