Talk:List of state routes in West Virginia

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What happened to WV 10A? I recall seeing a stub article on it a while back, but no mention now, it appears. 147.70.242.40 00:19, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you; I forgot to add it when I made the new list. There are other missing suffixed and bannered routes, but none of them currently have articles. --NE2 00:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Patterns

There were definitely some patterns in the initial assignment of routes in the 1920s:

14 16 18 arcing southeasterly from the Ohio River; 20 seems to have been 55 though
17 19 on opposite sides of the Kanawha River
25 27 29 east-west in the Northern Panhandle
49 east-west in the Eastern Panhandle
50 52 north-south in the Eastern Panhandle

--NE2 19:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Piping links

Does anyone object if I pipe the links to the "WV Route" style? --NE2 22:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No objections here. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 00:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Primary state highways does not conform to WVDOH usage and came about from an apparent misunderstanding of the WV county route system. State routes is the preferred term on WV Highway Map and by WVDOH when road is not just referred to as WV xx. Brian Powell (talk) 06:21, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wv 27 alt

why is this not on list but i see it on maps? goodguy007 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC).[reply]

WV 27 Alternate does definitely exist in the Northern Panhandle. The great thing about Wikipedia is that if something is wrong or missing, you can fix it yourself. Brian Powell (talk) 21:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WV 79

Where was WV 79 before I-79 came around?

It was in Boone County running from Madison to Whitesville. It shows up on the State Road Commission's 1933 and 1946 county maps for Boone County. It started at US 119 (now WV 17) in Madison and followed what is now WV 85 out to near Van, then CR 26 to Browns Branch, a road that followed Browns Branch, Big Jarrells Creek, and Elk Run into Blue Pennant, and then current CR 3/15 to WV 3 near Whitesville. The route between CR 26 and the end of CR 3/15 is no longer a public road. Bitmapped (talk) 01:54, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!!!

Routes shown on route logs

WV 78- decommissioned; Shawnee Parkway, but opened as WV 154
WV 109- decommissioned; Mon Valley Expressway, but opened as WV 43
WV 124- will go along the Institute Connector from WV 25 to WV 622
WV 151- decommissioned by 2015; now CR 151; may have never been marked
WV 201- decommissioned; was proposed from WV 2 to Barboursville, but opened as WV 193
WV 203- proposed highway in Washington; unclear where this is; possibly CR 34 from WV 68 to WV 892
WV 204- proposed from WV 41 in Danese to WV 20 in Rainbow Bridge via CR 31
WV 260- Old WV 2 Huntington to Merrick Creek Rd; WV 2 will be rerouted on a new freeway and end east of Huntington, and the old route will be renumbered WV 260
WV 301- proposed from WV 10 in Salt Rock northeast via CR 31, CR 47 and CR 25 to US 60 in Milton
WV 303- proposed from WV 301 (current CR 25 and CR 47 intersection) southeast via CR 25 and CR 1 to WV 3 in Hamlin
WV 361- proposed from WV 3 at Orgas to WV 61 at Chelyan (Orgas-Chelyan Connector)
WV 372- proposed from WV 37 in East Lynn to WV 10 in Branchland (NB only) or WV 10 in West Hamlin (SB only); probably a one way loop
WV 401- proposed from WV 88 in West Liberty south via CR 55, CR 7/3, CR 37, CR 35 to US 40 in Valley Grove, and then will follow a new route to I-70 & Dallas Pike
WV 471- proposed from WV 31 in Cairo to WV 47 in Cisco via CR 15 (Cairo-Cisco Road)
WV 473- proposed from WV 5 in DeKalb via Tanner to WV 47 in Burnt House via CR 20, CR 7, CR 9, and CR 47/16
WV 701- proposed from WV 20 in Pine Grove to WV 7 in Wileyville via CR 15 and CR 17
WV 703- proposed from WV 7 in Wadestown crossing WV 218 in Fairview to US 19 in Rivesville via CR 11, CR 15, and CR 17
WV 922- proposed from US 119 to WV 92 in Reedsville via CR 119/13, CR 33, and CR 29
Also, WV 954 is shown on 2004 and 2014 county maps from WV 28 in Short Gap west and north via Orchard Street; it is probably an error.

Alexlatham96 (talk) 02:28, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The "decommissioned" routes never actually existed. Same goes for WV 154. Bitmapped (talk) 00:58, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Route Dates Sources

Hi all! What's the general consensus/policy on sources for dates, destinations, and any mileage for now-decommissioned routes listed here? I ask because David Rumsey's collection of maps includes a few very early road atlases of West Virginia that pre-date the US Route system/1926 or that still have the pre-1926 state route numbers present. While these maps aren't as precise as DOH maps would be, it's fairly evident for some former state routes what the end points were. I don't want to go through and fill the ones I can tell out, though, without checking if using these third-party maps as sources violates any rules or norms for lists like this one. Thanks in advance! --TheRedheadTed (talk) 02:10, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Include the maps you're listing as cited sources and go ahead with what appears to be the most likely location. The WV State Archives does have statewide 1922 and 1925 maps available, but I'm not aware of any county-level WV State Road Commission maps prior to 1933 when the state took over the county road systems. Bitmapped (talk) 01:01, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]