Routes 23/58/421 Business leaves Jackson Street to head southeast through Moccasin Gap.

It runs in a general east-northeasterly direction, soon joining Big Moccasin Creek.

SR 71 leaves the ridge at Dorton Fort and enters the valley formed by Copper Creek, running past Nickelsville.

[4] SR 71 continues in Russell County in a general east-northeasterly direction past Grassy Creek to U.S. Route 58 Alternate at Parsonage.

The routes overlap to Dickensonville, where SR 71 splits, continuing to follow Copper Creek to near its source, passing over a small summit, and then following small creeks to its end at US 19 Bus.