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Traffic was significantly reduced in 1988 when the final section of I-64 was completed. [citation needed] Although considerably shorter than the Interstate Highway routing via the West Virginia Turnpike, these days, the Midland Trail serves mostly local traffic and shunpikers seeking a bucolic interlude.
The West Virginia Turnpike is a member of the E-ZPass electronic toll collection consortium, allowing members to attach a transponder to their windshield or front bumper and pay electronically. [31] West Virginia E-ZPass members can pay a flat annual fee for unlimited travel on the West Virginia Turnpike. [30] [32]
The Northwestern Turnpike is a historic road in West Virginia (Virginia at the time the road was created), important for being historically one of the major roads crossing the Appalachians, financed by the Virginia Board of Public Works in the 1830s.
Northbound at the East River Mountain Tunnel, at the border of Virginia and West Virginia. I-77 enters West Virginia through the East River Mountain Tunnel. At milepost 9, I-77 becomes cosigned with the West Virginia Turnpike for the next 88 miles (142 km), a toll road between Princeton and Charleston.
West Milford and New Salem Turnpike: West Union Turnpike: Westham Turnpike: Richmond - Westham: VA Route 147: Weston and Fairmont Turnpike: Weston - Clarksburg - Fairmont: U.S. Route 19, Lost Creek Road, U.S. Route 19 Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike: Weston and West Union Turnpike: Wheeling, West Liberty and Bethany Turnpike: Wheeling - West ...
Dec. 15—CHARLESTON — Tolls for passenger vehicles traveling the West Virginia Turnpike are increasing from $4 to $4.25 starting Jan. 1 next year, so drivers can either renew their E-ZPass or ...
The agency is tasked with operating the West Virginia Turnpike, an 88-mile (142 km) tolled stretch of Interstate 77 from Charleston to Princeton. It was involved in the planned operation of a toll U.S. Route 35 in Mason and Putnam counties and the Mon-Fayette Expressway , however WV 43 was opened as a freeway and a possible toll US 35 ...
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.