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Highway Projects

These highway project websites are designed and devoted specifically to information that will keep you up-to-date and provide you with an overview on why these projects are so important to your communities.


•  Coalfields Expressway
The Coalfields Expressway has been designed to serve an area from Interstates 77 and 64 near Beckley southwest through West Virginia to Virginia Route 83 in Buchanan County, VA at Slate. The Expressway will generally follow West Virginia Route 16 through Raleigh and Wyoming Counties, and West Virginia Route 83 in McDowell County. This four-lane highway project, 62 miles long, is now approaching its construction phase.
 
 •  Corridor "D"
Currently, construction of Corridor D has been completed along U.S. Route 50 from Clarksburg, West Virginia, to the Interstate 77 / Route 50 Interchange just east of Parkersburg, West Virginia. After crossing the Ohio River into Belpre, Ohio, Route 50 once again becomes a four lane undivided highway.
 
•  Corridor "H"
To travel from Elkins through Thomas and Scherr to Moorefield, and thence to the Virginia border, motorists now must drive more than 119 miles along U.S. Route 219 and West Virginia routes 93, 42 and 55. Corridor H has been designed to open up this section of West Virginia so motorists may make the trip in greater safety and comfort, while still being able to enjoy the spectacular scenery.
 
 •  East Beckley Bypass
The East Beckley Bypass is the proposed construction of a new corridor that will roughly follow the existing US 19 route (Eisenhower Drive) from and to the eastern boundary of Beckley. The study portion of US 19 begins at the I-64 interchange on the southeast side of Beckley and extends northward to the Corridor L (US 19) interchange just north of Prosperity.
 
 •  King Coal Highway
The WVDOH and the Federal Highway Administration propose to construct the King Coal Expressway an approximately 90-mile highway from a point near Williamson – at the intersection of WV 65 and US 119 – to Interstate 77 at its US 52 interchange in the Bluefield area.
 
 •  Route 9
Pending environmental and historical impact studies and planning, construction can get underway this year on two different segments of new highway in Berkeley and Jefferson counties. Those two – from Charles Town to the Virginia state line and from Martinsburg to Charles Town – are outlined below. In addition, planning work is in progress, but at an earlier stage on other segments: the Martinsburg Bypass and the Rt. 9 section from Martinsburg to Berkeley Springs.
 
 •  US 35
US 35 is a proposed 4-lane facility from Henderson in Mason County to I-64 in Putnam County.  The total length (Ohio to I-64) is approximately 34 miles (18 in Mason County; 16 in Putnam County)
 
 
 •  West Run Expressway
The proposal would create a new four lane divided highway a little over six miles long, linking I-68 and I-79. The connection would carry traffic to various points along I-79 to a point near the Pierpont Road interchange on I-68 (Route 857 at US 119, Easton).
 
 •  US 220
US 220 Improvements between Appalachian Corridor H in WV and I-68 in Maryland TIER I CORRIDOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
 •  I-64 Dunbar/South Charleston Bridge
Construction of new multi-lane bridge adjacent to existing bridge spanning Kanawha River between Dunbar and South Charleston, Kanawha County, identified as a needed improvement within the Charleston MPO Long-Range Transportation Plan

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