West Virginia Route 46

West Virginia Route 46 marker

Route information

Maintained by WVDOH

Length:

32.0 mi^[1] (51.5 km)

Western section

Length:

11.9 mi^[2] (19.2 km)

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Eastern section

Length:

20.9 mi^[2] (33.6 km)

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West Virginia Route 46 is an east–west state highway split into two segments in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. The western terminus of the western segment is at West Virginia Route 42 in Elk Garden. The eastern terminus is at the Maryland state line north of Beryl, where WV 46 crosses the Potomac River and intersects Maryland Route 135 on the north bank.

View east along WV 46 in Keyser

The western terminus of the eastern segment is at the Maryland state line in Piedmont, where WV 46 continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 36. The eastern terminus is at West Virginia Route 28 in Fort Ashby.

The two segments are connected by a two-mile (3 km) portion of MD 135 and MD 36 in Maryland's Allegany County.

Attractions

County	Location	mi^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Mineral		0.0	0.0	WV 42 – Mount Storm, Kitzmiller, MD
North Branch Potomac River				Beryl Bridge
Allegany	Luke	11.9	19.2	MD 135
Gap in route
Allegany	Westernport	0.0	0.0	MD 36 north / MD 135
North Branch Potomac River				Westernport Bridge
Mineral	Keyser	5.2	8.4	US 220 (Mineral Street) to US 50 – Cumberland, MD, Moorefield	interchange westbound; intersection eastbound
Mineral	Fort Ashby	20.9	33.6	WV 28 / CR 15 (Dans Run Road) – Cumberland, MD, Romney
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

↑ Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
1 2 3 Google (2008-07-29). "WV 46" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

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