 US 29 joins the US 460 by-pass of Lynchburg, splitting from it just before entering Amherst County.US 29 again by-passes Madison Heights and Amherst as an expressway, and enters Nelson County and passes the town of Lovingston and enters into Albemarle County.The route then continues north to Charlottesville, intersecting Interstate 64 and by-passing downtown Charlottesville.