Charlottesville, Virginia DMV Driving Test Routes

Practice your Charlottesville driving test route

Real routes used for the Charlottesville Virginia DMV customer service center at 2055 Abbey Rd, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Charlottesville DMV customer service center details

Location: 2055 Abbey Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22911
Phone: (804) 497-7100
Hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to noon.
Map: View on Google Maps
Street view: Preview the location on Google Street View

Other DMV customer service centers near Charlottesville

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, here's how far each one actually is to drive from this location:

• Waynesboro DMV driver license office: 31.74 miles, about 41 minutes
• Staunton DMV driver license office: 40.77 miles, about 45 minutes
• Culpeper DMV driver license office: 44.34 miles, about 65 minutes

This road test route runs 9.36 miles and takes about 27 minutes:

1. Drive northwest, 0.02 miles.
2. Turn right, 0.01 miles.
3. Turn left, 0.06 miles.
4. Turn right onto Abbey Road, 0.06 miles.
5. Turn right onto Rolkin Road, 0.06 miles.
6. Turn left onto US 250/Richmond Road. Continue on US 250, 1.88 miles.
7. Bear right toward McIntire Road/John W Warner Parkway, 0.11 miles.
8. Turn left onto McIntire Road, 0.34 miles.
9. Drive southwest on McIntire Road, 0.75 miles.
10. Bear right onto Ridge Street, 0.40 miles.
11. Turn left onto Elliott Avenue, 0.66 miles.
12. Drive southeast on Elliott Avenue, 0.26 miles.
13. Turn right onto Monticello Avenue/VA 20, 0.60 miles.
14. Take the I 64 East ramp, 2.70 miles.
15. Take exit 124 onto US 250, 0.24 miles.
16. Keep left to take US 250, 0.91 miles.
17. Turn left onto State Farm Boulevard, 0.13 miles.
18. Turn right onto Hickman Road, 0.05 miles.
19. Turn right onto Abbey Road, 0.04 miles.
20. Turn left to stay on Abbey Road, 0.01 miles.
21. Turn right, 0.06 miles.
22. Turn left, 0.02 miles.
23. Your destination is on the left.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Charlottesville driving test routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 9.36 miles
• Duration: about 27 minutes
• Turns: 17 total, 7 left and 7 right, plus 2 bear right and a bear left
• Longest stretch: US 250/Richmond Road, 1.88 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

US 250 dominates this driving test route at 1.88 miles under the name Richmond Road, about a fifth of the entire route, a real US highway classified as a trunk road, with Monticello Avenue also carrying a real trunk-grade designation on this route.

Tips for this specific route

• Get comfortable holding speed on Richmond Road. It carries about a fifth of this route's total distance, a real US-highway stretch (US 250) classified as a trunk road.
• This route also touches Monticello Avenue, another real trunk-grade stretch, worth extra attention.
• This route has a near-even turn split with 7 lefts and 7 rights, one of the more turn-dense routes in this catalog at 17 turns.