List of unused highways in West Virginia

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Main article: List of unused highways in the United States

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} or later closed^[10][11][12]. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp^[13], stub street^[14][2][15], stub-out^[2], or simply stub^[16][17]. The following is a list:

Contents 1 West Virginia 1.1 Benwood 1.2 Charleston 1.3 Crum 1.4 Huntington 1.5 Kenova 1.6 Napier 1.7 Prichard 1.8 Standard 1.9 Wheeling 2 See also 3 References

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Benwood

• There is an unused interchange along the U.S. Highway 250/West Virginia State Route 2 freeway just south of Wheeling^[18]. It formerly served the Bellaire Interstate Toll Bridge; however, the Ohio River span was closed in 1991. [19]

[edit] Charleston

• There are currently two stubs for a future second Kanawha River crossing on Interstate 64 between Dunbar and South Charleston. The stub along the north bank was constructed in 2004 and the stub along the south bank was constructed in 2006. The new Kanawha River crossing is now under construction and is expected to be complete in October 2010^[19]. [20]

[edit] Crum

• There is a stub for the Tolsia Highway that was completed in 2002^[20]. The four-lane highway, signed as a two and three-lane road, is currently unsigned in its entirely. [21]

• There is another stub for Tolsia Highway that was completed in 2002 on the opposite end of the short Crum bypass^[20]. [22]

[edit] Huntington

• The southern end of the West Virginia State Route 106 (East Huntington Bridge) has a stub between the bridge's entrance and exit ramps. [23] It was designed to accommodate a planned direct connection between the bridge and U.S. Route 60 to the south, bypassing nearby neighborhood streets^[21].

[edit] Kenova

• There is a stub along U.S. Highway 52/West Virginia State Route 75/Tolsia Highway just south of Interstate 64 that was completed in 2002^[20]. The ramps are at a 6% grade. The stubs indicate a future expansion south to Prichard. [24]

[edit] Napier

• A half mile section of abandoned road extends north from U.S. Highway 19/West Virginia State Route 4 at Napier, West Virginia and ends in Burnsville Lake. This was formerly West Virginia Route 5, but was abandoned when Burnsville Lake was created. Intact pavement, road signs, driveway culverts, utility poles, and water wells can still be found near the roadway, which now serves as an access road for Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area. When the lake is at winter pool, it is possible to continue to walk up to a mile on the old highway grade. 38°47′27″N 80°35′19″W / 38.79093, -80.5887

[edit] Prichard

• There is the stub north of the city along U.S. Route 52/Tolsia Highway that indicates a four-lane expansion north to Kenova^[20]. The segment from Wayne County Route 20/old U.S. 52 to its current end was completed in 2003. [25]

• There is a stub south of Prichard along U.S. Highway 52/Tolsia Highway that indicates a four-lane expansion south to Crum^[20]. [26]

[edit] Standard

• The Memorial Tunnel was part of the West Virginia Turnpike from 1954 to 1987, when it was bypassed due to expansion of the Turnpike to four lanes. It was then used for fire tests for the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project, and has now been converted into the Center for National Response, a weapons of mass destruction and counter-terrorism training facility for the West Virginia National Guard^[22]. North/West portal South/East portal

[edit] Wheeling

• There is a stub at the Interstate 70 and the U.S. Highway 250/West Virginia State Route 2 interchange immediately east of the Wheeling Tunnel. When it was opened on December 7, 1966^[23], the interchange was designed and partially constructed for an extension of West Virginia 2 north, which was eventually canceled. [27]

[edit] See also

• List of unused highways in the United States
• List of unused highways
• list of ghost towns

[edit] References