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Replaced Kanawha City Bridge opened in 1914 [14] Chuck Yeager Memorial Bridge I-64 / I-77 (West Virginia Turnpike) Charleston–Coal Fork: 1954, 1983 [8: Fishing–Marmet Locks and Dam: Marmet–Dupont City: 1934 [15] Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge: Chelyan–Dickenson: 1997 [16]
The Kanawha River (/ k ə ˈ n ɔː ə / kə-NAW-ə) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its watershed has been a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century.
The Mountain Parkway Byway and Mountain Parkway Backway are two routes in northern Webster County, West Virginia.The Byway is a state-designated scenic byway which follows West Virginia Route 20 for 9.8 miles (15.8 km), traversing the headwaters of several mountain streams including the Right Fork Little Kanawha River, Jerry Run, and the Left and Laurel Forks of Holly River.
Worthington Creek is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, 15.4 miles (24.8 km) long, [3] in western West Virginia in the United States.Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 35 square miles (91 km 2) [4] in the city of Parkersburg and its vicinity.
The Kanawha then flows into the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Much of the river's course is lined with steep cliffs and rock outcrops, particularly in its gorge in West Virginia. [6] [9] The New River Gorge Bridge on U.S. 19 in West Virginia. The New River is formed by the confluence of the South Fork New River and the North Fork ...
Much of the route of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike through West Virginia is today the Midland Trail, a National Scenic Byway, and is signed as U.S. Route 60 (US 60). Ironically, while the historic road was long a turnpike financed through collection of tolls, today it is a toll-free favorite of shunpikers seeking either an avoidance of ...
Cabin Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 22.7 miles (36.5 km) long, [3] in West Virginia in the United States.Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 72.6 square miles (188 km 2) [4] in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
View north along WV 34 at US 35 in Putnam County WV 34 crosses the Kanawha River over the Ross Booth Memorial Bridge in Winfield, West Virginia. West Virginia Route 34 is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 3 three miles (5 km) east of Hamlin.