West Virginia Route 43

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West Virginia Route 43
Length:	4 mi[citation needed] (6 km)
South end:	I-68 in Cheat Lake
North end:	PA 43 near Lake Lynn
Counties:	Monongalia
West Virginia Routes < WV 42 WV 44 > State - County

West Virginia Route 43 is a state highway currently under construction in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Upon completion, WV 43 will run approximately 4 miles from the Pennsylvania-West Virginia state line to Interstate 68 near Cheat Lake. This is the final leg of the southern portion of the Mon/Fayette Expressway, which will connect Morgantown to the Pennsylvania cities of Uniontown, Brownsville, California, and Pittsburgh with a limited-access highway. Currently, WV 43 is complete except for the Morgans Run Bridge, which will pass over Darnell Hollow, a local interchange serving the area near Cheat Lake, and the large interchange connecting WV 43 to I-68.

North of the Pennsylvania border, WV 43 will continue northward as Pennsylvania Route 43 (PA Turnpike 43). Unlike PA 43 to the north, WV 43 will not be a toll road.^{[citation needed]}

Like the Pennsylvania portion of the Mon-Fayette Expressway, construction on the four miles in West Virginia has been plagued by inadequate funding. In late 2006, however, after nearly five years of idling, construction resumed on WV 43. The Morgans Run Bridge is currently under construction as well as the realignment of local roads in order to make way for the interchanges near Cheat Lake and I-68.

Despite the current construction, the roadway is still far from completion. Work is not scheduled to begin on the Cheat Lake interchange until Spring 2009. Once the interchange with Cheat Lake is completed in the Fall of 2010, WV 43 will be opened from there to the PA border. Construction on the remaining sections of the expressway, which includes a large interchange with I-68, is not set to begin until 2013.