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Riverside Drive-In
1942 Bennington Rd. SE (across from Roanoke River banks), Roanoke, Va.
capacity: 250 cars
years of operation: 1952-69
currently: Jamestown Place housing project

From 1958 until its closing, the Riverside was owned by local residents Waddy and Virginia Atkins, who earlier had founded what became Hull's Drive-In in Lexington.

Below is part of a 1969 aerial photo showing the drive-in.

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