SR 41 begins at a stop-controlled T-intersection with SR 360 in an unincorporated area of Pittsylvania County. The route starts as a four-lane divided highway and within of its southern terminus, it has an interchange with the US 29 freeway. After the interchange, SR 41 crosses over Falls Creek and a railroad on a, curved bridge. While traveling over the bridge, the route enters the city limits of Danville. The route has only a few driveways and one road intersection before its intersection with SR 293. The highway then heads northwest through a more residential neighborhood and intersects US 29 Bus. before leaving the independent city and reentering Pittsylvania County. SR 41 passes through the unincorporated communities of Mount Hermon and Pleasant Gap, where the highway crosses White Oak Mountain. The state highway curves west then veers north at Swansonville. SR 41 reaches its northern terminus at SR 57 in Callands. The state highway follows the height of land north of the watershed of the Sandy River, which empties into the Dan River in Danville. To the north of SR 41 are the watersheds of Little Falls Creek east of White Oak Mountain and the Bannister River west of the mountain; these streams empty into the Dan River at Danville and near South Boston, respectively.
History
SR 41 was previously designated as a road in the vicinity of Charles City, Richmond, and Keswick from June 1923 until the middle of 1933. By 1933, SR 41 designated on the former SR 301 between Danville at what was then US 29 and SR 108 in Franklin County. The route was truncated to its present northern terminus at SR 57 in 1949 due to low traffic counts on the segment between SR 57 and SR 108. In August 1962, the Commonwealth Transportation Board approved a motion to drop the segment of SR 41 between North Main Street and Piney Forest Road at the same time major highways were constructed throughout downtown Danville. Despite this truncation, the route continued to be signed to North Main Street. In 2001, the Franklin Turnpike Extension was approved by the CTB to be constructed. Initially, the new road was designated SR 265. The portion of the extension from the US 29 interchange to SR 360 had already been completed when construction on the remainder of the extension began. The project was completed in late 2011 at a cost of.
