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Sep. 27—CAPON BRIDGE, W.Va. — First responders from throughout the region were dispatched to a "large scale vehicle accident" Wednesday just before 6 a.m. with unconfirmed reports indicating ...
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.
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.
The northern 51% of the tunnel is in West Virginia and the southern 49% in Virginia; Virginia shared the cost of the project. [ 2 ] Before the opening of the East River Mountain Tunnel, travelers wishing to cross the state line had to navigate the narrow, twisting, guardrail-less route of US 52 up and over the mountain (now designated as SR 598 ...
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.
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]
The West Virginia State Police was first formed in 1919, at the direction of Governor John Jacob Cornwell, who deemed that a state-level law enforcement agency "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the official ...
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