U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia

"WV 1" redirects here. WV 1 may also refer to West Virginia's 1st congressional district.

U.S. Route 50
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length: 196.20 mi[1] (315.75 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Western section
West end: US 50 / SR 32 in Belpre, OH
Major
junctions:		 I-77 in Parkersburg
US 19 in Clarksburg
I-79 in Clarksburg
US 250 near Grafton
US 119 in Grafton
East end: US 50 near Brookside
Eastern section
West end: US 50 in Gormania
Major
junctions:		 US 220 in New Creek
East end: US 50 towards Winchester, VA
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

West Virginia Routes
State • County

← WV 49 WV 51 →

U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia runs from the border with Ohio to Virginia, passing briefly through Garrett County, Maryland, and following the Northwestern Turnpike. Prior to the U.S. Highway System it was West Virginia Route 1 and in the 1930s, the road was not finished in Maryland. At that time, motorists had to open a gate at the state line and drive on a dirt path until again reaching the other state line. Today the section of US 50 from Clarksburg to Parkersburg on the Ohio River is part of Corridor D of the Appalachian Development Highway System.

For much of its length, Route 50 roughly parallels the North Bend Rail Trail and crosses the trail at three places.[2]

Contents

Water crossings

Historic sites

Mineral County

Hampshire County

Junction list

County Location Mile[3] Road Notes
Begin western segment of US 50 in West Virginia
Blennerhassett Island Bridge, Ohio state line
Wood Blennerhassett 0.6 WV-892 Interchange
3.2 WV-68 Western end of concurrency with WV-68; interchange
Parkersburg 5.4 WV-68 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-68; interchange
6.6 WV-14 Interchange
8.0 WV-47 Interchange
9.9 I-77/WV-2 - Charleston, Marietta I-77 exit 176
Deerwalk 20.6 WV-31 Western end of concurrency with WV-31
Ritchie Nutter Farm 27.8 WV-31 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-31
Ellenboro 36.9 WV-16 Interchange
Pennsboro 42.3 WV-74
Doddridge West Union 53.2 WV-18
Harrison Salem 65.3 WV-23 Eastern terminus of WV-23
Liberty 75.1 WV-98 Western terminus of WV-98
Clarksburg 77.3 US 19/WV-20 Interchange
79.8 WV-20 (Joyce St.) Interchange
81.8 I-79 - Charleston, Fairmont I-79 exit 119
Bridgeport 83.5 WV-58 Eastern terminus of WV-58
85.2 WV-76 Western terminus of WV-76
86.9 WV-279 Southern terminus of WV-279
Taylor Belgium 93.0 US 250 Western end of concurrency with US 250
Pruntytown 94.7 US 250 Eastern end of concurrency with US 250
Grafton 97.6 WV-310 Southern terminus of WV-310
99.9 US 119
Preston Evansville 109.8 WV-92 Western end of concurrency with WV-92
110.5 WV-92 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-92
Fellowsville 111.9 WV-26 Southern terminus of WV-26
Macomber 121.4 WV-72 Western end of concurrency with WV-72
121.6 WV-72 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-72
Brookside 133.1 WV-24 Northern terminus of WV-24
Maryland state line
End western segment of US 50 in West Virginia
County Location Mile Road Notes
Begin eastern segment of US 50 in West Virginia
Maryland state line
Grant Gormania 0.1 WV-90 Northern terminus of WV-90
Mount Storm 7.4 WV-42 Western end of concurrency with WV-42
Mineral 15.3 WV-42 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-42
Claysville 19.9 WV-93 Eastern terminus of WV-93
New Creek 22.5 WV-972
24.5 US 220 Western end of concurrency with US 220
Hampshire Junction 34.3 US 220/WV-28 Eastern end of concurrency with US 220; western end of concurrency with WV-28
Romney 41.3 WV-28 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-28
52.0 WV-29 Western end of concurrency with WV-29
56.0 WV-29 Eastern end of concurrency with WV-29
Virginia state line
End of eastern segment of US 50 in West Virginia

References

  1. ^ Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Planning Network GIS data version 2005.08
  2. ^ DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
  3. ^ Google Maps
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