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U.S. Route 19 Corridor L US 19 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by WVDOH Length 253.5 mi (408.0 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions South end US 19 in Bluefield, VA Major intersections US 52 in Bluefield I-77 near Camp Creek WV 16 near Oak Hill US 60 at Hico I-79 near Canfield US 33 / US 119 in Weston US 50 in Clarksburg US 250 in Fairmont I-79 near Westover US 119 / WV 7 ...
New River Gorge Bridge. The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. With an arch 1,700 feet (518 m) long, the New River Gorge Bridge was the world's longest single-span arch bridge for 26 years; [ 4 ...
wvstatemuseumed .wv .gov. The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. [2] [3] It was founded in 1890 and is considered a major museum in the state by The Statesman ...
U.S. Route 119 enters West Virginia from Kentucky as unsigned ADHS Corridor G, a four-lane limited-access highway stretching from Williamson to Charleston. The earliest segment of Corridor G to open was in 1972 and was finished in 1997. Formerly, US 119 was a typical two-lane mountain highway. Old US 119 now comprises all or parts of US 52, WV ...
Charleston, West Virginia. / 38.34722°N 81.63333°W / 38.34722; -81.63333. Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. [ 7] Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 2020 census and an estimated population ...
The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West Virginia [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [2] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except when prosecution has been carried out by the House of ...
Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Location of Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia. / 39.43194°N 77.80472°W / 39.43194; -77.80472. Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located in the lower Shenandoah Valley along the Potomac River. Home to Shepherd University, the town's population was ...
West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607–1776) and the western part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia (1776–1788), and state of Virginia (1788–1863). Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of ...