Why Virginia did not continue the cruiser lineage

Why does the design-lineage argument exclude the Virginia class from the final US cruiser line?

It is treated as a destroyer-derived design whose hull was not strong enough for the required topweight, unlike Long Beach's cruiser-standard construction.

In the design-lineage argument, Long Beach was the last US-built cruiser, while the later California and Virginia classes continued the destroyer-leader line. The Virginia hull struggled with the topweight required by its intended systems. Strengthening it drove an internal redesign, then a new hull and escalating programme cost. Those limits help explain why the more capable Aegis nuclear cruiser never materialized.