Transportation in West Virginia

Roads

Airports

Railroads

Bridges and tunnels

Rapid transit

Rivers

References

Interstate highways

U.S. Highways

West Virginia State Highways

Transport in the U.S. state of West Virginia is handled by the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) which employs more than 6,000 in West Virginia.^[1]

Transportation in West Virginia includes the following.

U.S. Route 460

West Virginia train stations

Cardinal
to Chicago

Floridian
to Chicago

Martinsburg

Alderson

Duffields

White Sulphur Springs

Harpers Ferry

Cardinal
to Washington, D.C. & New York

Brunswick Line to D.C.

Floridian to Miami

Key

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.

Today, West Virginia is serviced by two Amtrak lines: one that cuts through the southern portion of the state, including stops in Huntington and Charleston, and one that cuts through the state's Eastern Panhandle, including stops in Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry. The Eastern Panhandle is also serviced during the week by MARC's Brunswick commuter rail line, which terminates in Martinsburg. Commercial railroads still operate in the state, mainly hauling coal to inland ports such as Huntington-Tristate (the nation's largest inland port) and Pittsburgh.

As a mountainous state, bridges and tunnels play an important role in transportation in West Virginia. Notable bridges and tunnels include:

New River Gorge Bridge – near Fayetteville, WV
Silver Bridge – Point Pleasant, WV
Silver Memorial Bridge – Henderson, WV to Gallipolis, OH
Wheeling Suspension Bridge – Wheeling, WV
East River Mountain Tunnel – near Bluefield, WV to near Rocky Gap, VA
Fort Henry Bridge – Wheeling, WV
Veterans Memorial Bridge – Weirton, WV to Steubenville, OH

Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit

Rivers with commercial barge traffic and docks in West Virginia include:^[2]

Ohio
Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
Monongahela (The Mon and the Allegheny Rivers meet to form the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Little Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
Big Sandy (a tributary of the Ohio)
Elk (a tributary of the Kanawha)
Pocatalico (a tributary of the Kanawha)
Mill Creek (a tributary of the Ohio)

Navigation locks and dams in West Virginia:^[3]^[4]

On the Ohio
- New Cumberland Locks and Dam
- Pike Island Locks and Dam
- Hannibal Locks and Dam
- Willow Island Locks and Dam
- Belleville Locks and Dam
- Racine Locks and Dam
- Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam

On the Kanawha
- London Lock and Dam
- Marmet Lock and Dam
- Winfield Lock and Dam
On the Monogahela
- Morgantown Lock and Dam
- Hildebrand Lock and Dam
- Opekiska Lock and Dam

Amtrak only

MARC Brunswick Line

^ "About Us". transportation.wv.gov. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ West Virginia Department of Transportation, Rivers Section web page, accessed 9 June 2006
^ U.S. Corps of Engineers, Huntington District web site, accessed 9 June 2006
^ U.S. Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District web site, accessed 9 June 2006

[1] "About Us". transportation.wv.gov. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[2] West Virginia Department of Transportation, Rivers Section web page, accessed 9 June 2006

[3] U.S. Corps of Engineers, Huntington District web site, accessed 9 June 2006

[4] U.S. Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District web site, accessed 9 June 2006

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