Richmond-Area Neighborhoods Along Route 10: Chester, Enon and the Road to Hopewell

Published November 2026 | Written by the Mission Realty Team.

Route 10 is a main east-west road across southern Chesterfield, and the short answer for buyers is this: it connects you to Route 288, I-95 and I-295, and the Route 288 and I-95 junctions both have county or VDOT work dated between now and 2030. If you buy near it, plan on living with some of that work, and plan on most errands being a drive.

One more thing up front: two of the best-known places on Route 10, Chester and Enon, do not have Mission Realty community pages yet. We still cover them below and point you to the nearest pages we do have.

How this comparison works

We list places west to east, the way Route 10 runs from the courthouse area toward Hopewell. It is an order on the map, not a ranking. No public dataset gives neighborhood-level commute times for the Richmond area, so we do not quote any. Each place is tied instead to the official project pages for its stretch, all read on November 5, 2026, with the dates those pages state.

Places without a community page are linked to the Chesterfield County hub and the two nearest pages we have, Chesterfield and Ettrick.

Route 10 at a glance

Sources: Chesterfield County project pages for the weave mitigation, I-95 auxiliary lanes, I-95 and Route 10 interchange, Route 10 widening, Enon Church Road path and Bermuda Hundred Road study.

The courthouse area: where Route 288 meets Route 10

Our Chesterfield community page covers a broad area around the county seat, and Route 10 crosses Courthouse Road there. The county’s weave mitigation project targets one specific headache: drivers coming off Route 288 southbound onto Route 10 eastbound who need to cross lanes fast to turn left onto Courthouse Road. The fix widens the off-ramp to three lanes, adds a signal and adds a Route 10 lane. If Route 288 is your main road, our Route 288 corridor guide covers that side.

Chester: is the I-95 interchange a plus or a problem?

Both. Chester has no Mission Realty page yet, so use the Chesterfield County hub with Chesterfield and Ettrick as the nearest pages. Route 10 crosses I-95 in Chester, which is why so much of the work here is on the interstate. The county lists auxiliary lanes on I-95 between Route 288 and Route 10, with completion anticipated in December 2026. A larger rebuild of the I-95 and Route 10 interchange (Phase B) has a design public hearing planned for February 2027 and construction anticipated in 2030.

For a buyer, that means easy I-95 access now and a long construction runway later. If your job is south of here, our guide to commuting south to Petersburg and Fort Lee covers the Chester options in more depth.

Enon: the widened stretch toward I-295

Enon has no Mission Realty page either; start with the Chesterfield County hub and the nearest pages, Chesterfield and Ettrick. Its stretch of Route 10 is the one where the big job is already done. The county’s widening page says Route 10 between Bermuda Triangle Road and Meadowville Road was widened to eight lanes, with a rebuilt signal at Meadowville Road, and that construction was completed on August 12, 2024.

The next project here is smaller: a shared-use path on Enon Church Road between Dodd Park and Perch Point Road, federally funded, with construction anticipated in 2030. I-295 is the other key road on this side, and we cover its exits in neighborhoods near I-295 exits, so we will not repeat them here.

Bermuda Hundred: off Route 10, waiting on a study

Bermuda Hundred has no Mission Realty page; use the Chesterfield County hub and the Chesterfield and Ettrick pages as starting points. The project that matters here is not on Route 10 itself. The county is running a study of the North Enon Church Road and Bermuda Hundred Road intersection for safety and operations. The page says VDOT comments are being addressed and the study should be finished by the end of 2026. A study is not a construction promise, so do not buy expecting a new intersection on a date.

Ettrick: why it is on this list, and why it is not on Route 10

We are including Ettrick for one reason: it is one of the two Mission Realty community pages nearest to Chester. It is not on Route 10. Our Ettrick page describes it as a historic community near the Virginia State University campus, and our boundary map puts it several miles south of Route 10. If you want a Route 10 address, Ettrick is not it. If you want to be near Chester but on the Petersburg side, it is worth a look.

What about Hopewell?

Route 10 continues east into the City of Hopewell. Hopewell is outside the six localities we cover, so we do not have a page for it, and we have not reviewed its project list. If your job is there, the Enon stretch is the closest part of our area, and the full list of places we do cover is on our communities page.

Three questions to ask about any Route 10 house

Which junction will I use every day? Route 288, I-95 and I-295 each have their own project timeline above. Match the house to the one you will actually use.

When does the work near me start and end? Use the dates in the table, then check the county page again before you sign, since dates move.

What does the commute cost? Put your fuel and time next to the payment in our mortgage calculator. For the other routes in this series, see our Hull Street (Route 360) guide and our Midlothian Turnpike (Route 60) guide.

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