List of unused highways in West Virginia

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,^[2][14][15] stub-out,^[2] or simply stub.^[16][17] The following is a list:

West Virginia

Benwood

• There is an unused interchange along the U.S. Route 250/West Virginia 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.

Crum

• There is a stub for the Tolsia Highway that was completed in 2002.^[19] It was built as a four-lane highway on two roadways, but one is closed and the other is currently lined for two-way traffic.

Huntington

• The southern end of the West Virginia Route 106 (East Huntington Bridge) has a stub between the bridge's entrance and exit ramps. It was designed to accommodate a planned direct connection between the bridge and U.S. Route 60 to the south, bypassing nearby neighborhood streets.^[20]

Napier

Old WV 5, Napier

• A half mile section of abandoned road extends north from U.S. Route 19/West Virginia 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°N 80.5887°W / 38.79093; -80.5887

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.^[21] North/West portal South/East portal

Wheeling

• There is a stub at the Interstate 70 and the U.S. Highway 250/West Virginia Route 2 interchange immediately east of the Wheeling Tunnel. When it was opened on December 7, 1966,^[22] the interchange was designed and partially constructed for an extension of West Virginia 2 north, which was eventually canceled.

Kerens

• Corridor H will be signed U.S. Route 48 once it has been completed from Interstate 79 to the Virginia state line (and from there to Interstate 81, but is currently only signed on a portion of expressway on the eastern side. A large portion of Corridor H is open from I-79 to Kerens as a mix of expressway and freeway and is signed as U.S. Route 33, U.S. Route 119, and U.S. Route 219. The divided, four-lane highway currently ends at Randolph County Route 7, with pavement and grading continuing north.

Scherr

• The temporary northern terminus of eastern half of Corridor H currently ends at an access road to West Virginia Route 93, with grading and bridge construction continuing west to the Stormy River, locally known as Mt. Storm (Mt. Storm Power Plant, which is also a man made lake). It is on Route 93, that leads between two towns, one of Davis and the other Thomas, both in the county of Tucker County, West Virginia. and This section is signed as planned as U.S. Route 48, though the actual alignment will vary as it approaches Wardensville.

See also

• List of ghost towns in West Virginia

References