West Virginia Route 3
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by WVDOH | ||||
| Length: | 186.0 mi[1] (299.3 km) | |||
| Existed: | Early 1930s – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 WV 10 in West Hamlin | |||
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 US 219 in Union | ||||
| East end: |
 WV 311 at Sweet Springs | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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West Virginia Route 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from West Virginia Route 10 in West Hamlin in a general easterly direction via Beckley to West Virginia Route 311 at Sweet Springs, most of the way across the state.
Route 3 crosses a particularly large part of the state's landscape. It goes through many counties including Monroe, Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Boone, and Lincoln. At least two state parks are along the route. Moncove Lake State Park, in the southeastern part of the state, is just a few miles off the main road near Gap Mills. Little Beaver State Park is in Beaver, near the major city of Beckley.[2]
WV 3 overlaps U.S. Route 119 in Boone County north of Madison and U.S. Route 219 from Union north to Pickaway.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Lincoln | West Hamlin | WV 10 | |||
| |  WV 34 north – Hurricane | ||||
| Yawkey |  WV 214 north | ||||
| Boone | Julian |  US 119 north – Charleston | west end of US 119 overlap | ||
| Rock Creek |  US 119 south / CR 119/65 (Skeens Drive) – Madison, Logan | east end of US 119 overlap | |||
| Racine |  WV 94 north – Charleston | ||||
| Raleigh | Glen Daniel |  WV 99 west – Oceana, Madison | |||
| |  WV 305 south – Lester | ||||
| Beckley |   I‑64 / I‑77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Lewisburg | I-77 exit 44 | |||
  WV 16 (Robert C. Byrd Drive) to I‑77 / US 19 – Bradley | overlap with WV 16 north (westbound only) | ||||
| US 19 north to I‑64 | west end of US 19 overlap | ||||
| Beaver |   WV 307 east to I‑64 – Airport | ||||
| | WV 307 west | ||||
| Shady Spring | US 19 south – Princeton | east end of US 19 overlap | |||
| Summers | |  WV 20 north to I‑64 – Hinton | west end of WV 20 overlap | ||
| | WV 20 south – Athens | east end of WV 20 overlap | |||
| Hinton (Bellepoint) |  WV 107 north – Hinton | ||||
| |  WV 12 south – Peterstown | west end of WV 12 overlap | |||
| Greenbrier | Alderson |  WV 12 north to I‑64 / WV 63 – Alta | east end of WV 12 overlap | ||
| Monroe | Pickaway | US 219 north – Lewisburg | west end of US 219 overlap | ||
| Union | US 219 south – Rich Creek, VA | east end of US 219 overlap | |||
| Sweet Springs | WV 311 – White Sulphur Springs, Salem, VA | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
- ↑ West Virginia State Map, Rand McNally, 2008.
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