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Interstate 77 (I-77) in the US state of West Virginia is a major north–south Interstate Highway.It extends for 187.21 miles (301.29 km) between Bluefield at the Virginia state line and Williamstown at the Ohio state line.
A 2005 photograph of US 52 and WV 75 ending at an interchange stub south of Kenova, West Virginia. US 52 at Prichard, West Virginia where the 1998 and 2001 sections join; it is visible by the change of pavement. The Crum, West Virginia bypass. The Tolsia Highway is defined as running from I-64 at Kenova to Corridor G north of Williamson. [1]
West Virginia Route 601 is a north–south state highway in the South Charleston, West Virginia area. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with U.S. Route 119 south of South Charleston, where the roadway continues as West Virginia Route 214. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 60 in South Charleston near Interstate 64.
The West Virginia Department of Transportation's (WVDOT) free 511 Traveler Information System provides real-time traffic information, including congestion, construction, lane closures, road conditions and severe weather information on all West Virginia interstates and other major highways.
While West Virginia was once crisscrossed with commercial and passenger railroad networks, the decline of the coal and timber industries, coupled with the rise of the automobile, led to a sharp drop in track mileage in the state. Many of the former railroad grades are used as trails for hiking and biking throughout the state's numerous woodlands.
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in West Virginia runs from the border with Ohio to Virginia, passing briefly through Garrett County, Maryland, and following the Northwestern Turnpike. Prior to the U.S. Highway System it was West Virginia Route 1 and in the 1930s, the road was not finished in Maryland.
On June 29, 1973, I-79 was extended from West Virginia exit 146 to exit 148 , where, at one point, traffic was forced onto the newly opened west end of Corridor E (now I-68) to exit 1. [21] A further extension of six miles (9.7 km), including the Uffington Bridge over the Monongahela River southwest of Morgantown, was opened on August 30, 1973 ...
View west along I-70 in Wheeling, just after the interchange with I-470. The first portion of what is now known as I-70 to be completed across West Virginia was the Fort Henry Bridge across the main channel of the Ohio River, built in 1955. [20] WVDOT began obtaining right-of-way for I-70 in 1961. [21]