At Thompson Street , SR 147 becomes a one-way pair , with eastbound following '' ' Cary Street ' '' and westbound following '' ' Ellwood Avenue ' '' through the Carytown neighborhood , which features the historic Byrd Theatre , the site of the annual VCU French Film Festival . The westbound street 's name changes to '' ' Main Street ' '' east of the street 's intersection with SR 161 ( Boulevard ) . As SR 147 passes through the Fan district , Cary Street is paralleled one block to the south by SR 195 . The state highway veers east to pass through the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University , then veers southeast into downtown Richmond at its intersections with US 1 and US 301 ( Belvidere Street ) on the south side of Monroe Park . SR 147 passes through the Commonwealth Club Historic District and by the historic Jefferson Hotel , the Ellen Glasgow House , and the Barret House before reaching its eastern terminus at US 60 two blocks west of the Virginia State Capitol . US 60 enters downtown from the Manchester Bridge on 8th and 9th Streets and turns southeast onto Cary Street and Main Street to pass through Shockoe Slip
VCU French Film Festival
VCU French Film Festival
Virginia State Route 147