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WV 2 crosses the Kanawha River over the Bartow Jones Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia 1909 stone masonry rail bridge crossing WV-2 near Point Pleasant. WV 2 was reconstructed from Lesage to Glenwood as an improved two-lane highway with shoulders on a four-lane right-of-way in the mid-1980s.
The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included).
The West Virginia Route 2 and I-68 Authority was created by the West Virginia Legislature in 1997. The goal of the authority is to "promote and advance" the construction of a modern highway through Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Marion County and Monongalia counties in order to assist with economic and community development.
Became part of WV 39 to match Virginia (which had renumbered its side from SR 501 to SR 39); the original plan was to renumber this road as WV 501, but West Virginia could not do that WV 43 — — US 19 at Muddlety: WV 20 at Craigsville: 1941: 1980 Renumbered as WV 150 in 1980, and then as WV 55 by 1983 WV 43: 4.2: 6.8
Below is a list of United States senators from West Virginia.The state's U.S. senators belong to classes 1 and 2.West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Independent Joe Manchin (serving since 2010) and Republican Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation.
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
West Virginia's at-large congressional district existed between 1913 and 1917, during a period when the state failed to enact a redistricting plan that allowed for a new sixth district. Such a plan was adopted for the 1916 elections , making the at-large seat obsolete.
WV2 or WV-2 may refer to: Lockheed WV-2 Warning Star, a surveillance aircraft; West Virginia's 2nd congressional district; West Virginia Route 2; WorldView-2, a commercial Earth observation satellite; WV2, a postcode district in Wolverhampton, England; see WV postcode area; Nickname of boxer Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr.