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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.
Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,175 at the 2010 census. [3] The community was named after George Washington. [5]
This is a list of lakes in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Ada Lake; Alpine Lake ...
West Virginia Route 892 is a north–south state highway located in Wood County, West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 68 south of Lubeck. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 50 and WV 68 north of Lubeck. The route is a large loop route, connecting the Ohio River community of Washington to WV 68.
West of Petersburg: Maryland state line 1922: current WV 43 — — — — 1922: 1940 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
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
This is a list of turnpike roads, built and operated by nonprofit turnpike trusts or private companies in exchange for the privilege of collecting a toll, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are now maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.
West Virginia Route 7 is an east–west state highway located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at the Ohio state line in New Martinsville, where WV 7 becomes State Route 536 upon crossing the Ohio River. The eastern terminus is at the Maryland state line east of Corinth, where WV 7 continues as Maryland ...