State Route 36 (SR 36) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from SR 602 and SR 669 near Matoaca east to SR 10 in Hopewell. SR 36 is the main highway between Petersburg and Hopewell; within each independent city, the state highway follows a complicated path. The state highway connects those cities with Ettrick in southern Chesterfield County and Fort Lee and Petersburg National Battlefield in Prince George County. Route description SR 36 begins west of Matoaca at an intersection with a pair of secondary state highways: SR 669, which heads north as Church Road; and SR 602, which heads west as River Road toward Winterpock and Amelia Court House. SR 36 heads east as River Road, which parallels the north side of the Appomattox River at the southern edge of Chesterfield County. The state highway expands to a four-lane divided highway at Ettrick, where the highway crosses over CSX's North End Subdivision. SR 36 crosses the tracks just south of Petersburg Amtrak station. The state highway continues southeast along two-lane undivided Chesterfield Avenue and passes the campus of Virginia State University before crossing the Appomattox River into the city of Petersburg. SR 36 enters Petersburg on Fleet Street, then immediately turns east onto Grove Avenue to head toward Old Towne Petersburg. At Market Street, the two directions of SR 36 split and follow many different streets through the downtown area. Eastbound SR 36 joins southbound US 1 on Market Street south to Washington Street, which is one-way eastbound and carries westbound US 460 Business. SR 36 continues south another block to Wythe Street, where the highway turns onto the four-lane eastbound street to head east with eastbound US 460 Business and northbound US 1. At Sycamore Street, the three highways are joined by northbound US 301 Alternate to Adams Street, where northbound US 1 and the northbound alternate route head north. SR 36 and US 460 Business continue east through their interchange with I-95 and I-85 (Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike); the latter Interstate has its northern terminus immediately south of the interchange and has direct ramps with Wythe Street and Washington Street. At Crater Road, SR 36 intersects US 301 and US 460 Business turns south. The two directions of SR 36 come together near Amelia Street. Westbound SR 36 follows Washington Street to Crater Road, onto which the state highway turns north