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The route additionally co-signs with Interstate 70 and crosses the Ohio River on the Fort Henry Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia. U.S. Route 250 then exits I-70 east of the Wheeling Tunnel and joins West Virginia Route 2 one mile (1.6 km) later. In Moundsville, West Virginia, the route leaves WV 2 and departs toward Cameron, Mannington, and ...
U.S. Route 250, Plank Road, VA Route 20: Staunton and Parkersburg Road: Staunton - Monterey - Beverly - Buckhannon - Weston - Parkersburg: VA Route 254, Old Parkersburg Turnpike, U.S. Route 250, Rich Mountain Road, WV Route 151, U.S. Route 33, WV Route 47: Tolled state improvement Strasburg and Capon Turnpike: Summersville and Slaven Cabin Turnpike
In Virginia, the highway runs 166.74 miles (268.34 km) from the West Virginia state line near Hightown east to its eastern terminus at US 360 in Richmond. US 250 is the main east–west highway of Highland County, which is known as Virginia's Little Switzerland; the highway follows the path of the 19th century Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike.
The route additionally co-signs with Interstate 70 and crosses the Ohio River on the Fort Henry Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia. U.S. Route 250 then exits I-70 east of the Wheeling Tunnel and joins West Virginia Route 2 one mile (1.6 km) later. In Moundsville, West Virginia, the route leaves WV 2 and departs toward Cameron, Mannington, and ...
Sweet Springs, WV to Salt Sulphur Springs, WV and on to Red and Blue Sulphur Springs Turnpike at Indian Draft (which was apparently built) (1848-49 ch. 161), by way of Union, WV (1849-50 ch. 115) Sweet Springs and Price's Mountain Turnpike BPW 637 (not in either 1859 list) (on 1848 map) Sweet Springs, WV to base of Price's Mountain (1835-36 ch ...
WV 39 west – Marlinton: West Virginia state line; western terminus: Bath SR 687 (Jackson River Turnpike) – Bacova: former SR 268 south: Warm Springs: 17.81: 28.66: US 220 south (Sam Snead Highway) – Covington: Western end of US 220 concurrency: 18.00: 28.97: US 220 north (Sam Snead Highway) – Monterey: Eastern end of US 220 concurrency
For several decades, Virginia and West Virginia disputed the new state's share of the Virginia government's debt. The issue was finally settled when the United States Supreme Court in Virginia v. West Virginia ruled that West Virginia owed Virginia $12,393,929.50. The final installment of this sum was paid off in 1939.
The first piece of State Route 395, which ended up extending from Warm Springs to West Virginia, was also created in 1924 as a spur from SR 39 at Monterey. The entire Covington-West Virginia corridor (SR 395 and part of SR 338) became State Route 800 in 1928 (along with an extension southwest from Covington), and was renumbered State Route 18 ...