Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

West Virginia Turnpike

Index West Virginia Turnpike

The West Virginia Turnpike is a toll road in the US state of West Virginia. [1]

92 relations: Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike, American Civil War, Ansted, West Virginia, Antebellum South, Appalachian Development Highway System, Beckley, West Virginia, Big Dig, Bluefield, West Virginia, Bluestone River, Cafeteria, Cedar Grove, West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Corridor Q, Dawes, West Virginia, E-ZPass, East River Mountain Tunnel, Electronic toll collection, Exxon, ExxonMobil, Fairplain, West Virginia, Fayette County, West Virginia, Filling station, Hawks Nest, West Virginia, HMSHost, Huntington, West Virginia, Internal improvements, Interstate 64, Interstate 64 in West Virginia, Interstate 77, Interstate 77 in West Virginia, Interstate 79, Interstate Highway standards, Interstate Highway System, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha River, Kentucky, Kingston, West Virginia, Laurel Hill Tunnel, Lewisburg, West Virginia, Mahan, West Virginia, Malden, West Virginia, Marmet, West Virginia, Memorial Tunnel, Mercer County, West Virginia, Midland Trail (West Virginia), Morgantown, West Virginia, Mossy, West Virginia, New Jersey Turnpike, Ohio, ..., Ohio River, Ohio Turnpike, Okey L. Patteson, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Pax, West Virginia, Pearisburg, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Permanently signed detour route, Princeton, West Virginia, Rainelle, West Virginia, Raleigh County, West Virginia, Restaurant, Ripley, West Virginia, Sam Black Church, West Virginia, Sharon, West Virginia, South Pennsylvania Railroad, Speed limit, Standard, West Virginia, Stanley Bender, Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike, Staunton, Virginia, Summersville, West Virginia, Supreme Court of the United States, Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia, The Saturday Evening Post, Toll house, Toll road, U.S. Route 19, U.S. Route 219, U.S. Route 460, U.S. Route 60, United States Coast Guard, Virginia, Virginia Board of Public Works, West Virginia, West Virginia Department of Transportation, West Virginia Route 3, West Virginia Route 94, West Virginia State Police, Wheeling, West Virginia, Wytheville, Virginia. Expand index (42 more) »

Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was bypassed in 1968 when a modern stretch opened to ease traffic congestion in the tunnels.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike · See more »

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and American Civil War · See more »

Ansted, West Virginia

Ansted is a town in Fayette County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Ansted, West Virginia · See more »

Antebellum South

The Antebellum era was a period in the history of the Southern United States, from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861, marked by the economic growth of the South.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Antebellum South · See more »

Appalachian Development Highway System

The Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission in the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Appalachian Development Highway System · See more »

Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Beckley, West Virginia · See more »

Big Dig

The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), known unofficially as the Big Dig, was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery of Interstate 93, the chief highway through the heart of the city, into the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Big Dig · See more »

Bluefield, West Virginia

Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Bluefield, West Virginia · See more »

Bluestone River

The Bluestone River is a tributary of the New River, 77 mi (124 km) long, in southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia in the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Bluestone River · See more »

Cafeteria

A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen (in British English).

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Cafeteria · See more »

Cedar Grove, West Virginia

Cedar Grove is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Cedar Grove, West Virginia · See more »

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the most populous city in, and the capital of, the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Charleston, West Virginia · See more »

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Clarksburg, West Virginia · See more »

Corridor Q

Corridor Q is a highway in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Corridor Q · See more »

Dawes, West Virginia

Dawes is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Dawes, West Virginia · See more »

E-ZPass

E‑ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on most tolled roads, bridges, and tunnels in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, as far south as North Carolina and as far west as Illinois.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and E-ZPass · See more »

East River Mountain Tunnel

The East River Mountain Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel that carries Interstate 77 (I-77) and U.S. Route 52 (US 52) through East River Mountain between the communities of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Rocky Gap, Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and East River Mountain Tunnel · See more »

Electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection (ETC) aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels by collecting tolls without cash and without requiring cars to stop.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Electronic toll collection · See more »

Exxon

Exxon was the brand name of oil and natural resources company Exxon Corporation, prior to 1972 known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Exxon · See more »

ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation, doing business as ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and ExxonMobil · See more »

Fairplain, West Virginia

Fairplain is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Fairplain, West Virginia · See more »

Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Fayette County, West Virginia · See more »

Filling station

A filling station is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Filling station · See more »

Hawks Nest, West Virginia

Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park, is a peak on Gauley Mountain in Ansted, West Virginia, USA.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Hawks Nest, West Virginia · See more »

HMSHost

HMSHost is an American highway and airport food-service company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Italian company Autogrill S.p.A..

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and HMSHost · See more »

Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell County and Wayne County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Huntington, West Virginia · See more »

Internal improvements

Internal improvements is the term used historically in the United States for public works from the end of the American Revolution through much of the 19th century, mainly for the creation of a transportation infrastructure: roads, turnpikes, canals, harbors and navigation improvements.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Internal improvements · See more »

Interstate 64

Interstate 64 (I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate 64 · See more »

Interstate 64 in West Virginia

In the U.S. state of West Virginia, Interstate 64 travels for passing by the major towns and cities of Huntington, Charleston, Beckley, and Lewisburg.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate 64 in West Virginia · See more »

Interstate 77

Interstate 77 (I-77) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate 77 · See more »

Interstate 77 in West Virginia

In the U.S. state of West Virginia, Interstate 77 (I-77) is a major north–south Interstate highway.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate 77 in West Virginia · See more »

Interstate 79

Interstate 79 (abbreviated I-79) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States, designated from Interstate 77 in Charleston, West Virginia to Pennsylvania Route 5 and Pennsylvania Route 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate 79 · See more »

Interstate Highway standards

Standards for Interstate Highways in the United States are defined by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in the publication A Policy on Design Standards: Interstate System.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate Highway standards · See more »

Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Interstate Highway System · See more »

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Kanawha County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Kanawha County, West Virginia · See more »

Kanawha River

The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Kanawha River · See more »

Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Kentucky · See more »

Kingston, West Virginia

Kingston is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Kingston, West Virginia · See more »

Laurel Hill Tunnel

Laurel Hill Tunnel is one of three original tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike which were abandoned (this one in 1964) after two massive realignment projects.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Laurel Hill Tunnel · See more »

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lewisburg is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Lewisburg, West Virginia · See more »

Mahan, West Virginia

Mahan is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Mahan, West Virginia · See more »

Malden, West Virginia

Malden — originally called Kanawha Salines — is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, within the Charleston metro area.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Malden, West Virginia · See more »

Marmet, West Virginia

Marmet (pronounced mar-MET) is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA, along the Kanawha River.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Marmet, West Virginia · See more »

Memorial Tunnel

The Memorial Tunnel is a two-lane vehicular tunnel that formerly carried the West Virginia Turnpike through/under Paint Creek Mountain in Standard, West Virginia in Kanawha County.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Memorial Tunnel · See more »

Mercer County, West Virginia

Mercer County is a county on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Mercer County, West Virginia · See more »

Midland Trail (West Virginia)

The Midland Trail is a National Scenic Byway which carries U.S. Route 60 (US 60) through a portion of the southern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia between Charleston and Sam Black Church.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Midland Trail (West Virginia) · See more »

Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, situated along the banks of the Monongahela River.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Morgantown, West Virginia · See more »

Mossy, West Virginia

Mossy is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Mossy, West Virginia · See more »

New Jersey Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP), known colloquially as "the Turnpike", is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and New Jersey Turnpike · See more »

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Ohio · See more »

Ohio River

The Ohio River, which streams westward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River in the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Ohio River · See more »

Ohio Turnpike

The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a, limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor to Chicago and Pittsburgh.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Ohio Turnpike · See more »

Okey L. Patteson

Okey Leonidas Patteson (September 14, 1898July 3, 1989) was the 23rd Governor of West Virginia for the term following the 1948 election.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Okey L. Patteson · See more »

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Parkersburg, West Virginia · See more »

Pax, West Virginia

Pax is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Pax, West Virginia · See more »

Pearisburg, Virginia

Pearisburg is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Pearisburg, Virginia · See more »

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Pennsylvania · See more »

Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Pennsylvania Turnpike · See more »

Permanently signed detour route

A permanently signed detour route (also known as an emergency detour route or emergency diversion route) is a type of route which is used temporarily during special circumstances.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Permanently signed detour route · See more »

Princeton, West Virginia

Princeton, often referred to as the "Jewel of the South," is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Princeton, West Virginia · See more »

Rainelle, West Virginia

Rainelle is a small town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Rainelle, West Virginia · See more »

Raleigh County, West Virginia

Raleigh County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Raleigh County, West Virginia · See more »

Restaurant

A restaurant, or an eatery, is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Restaurant · See more »

Ripley, West Virginia

Ripley is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Ripley, West Virginia · See more »

Sam Black Church, West Virginia

Sam Black Church is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Sam Black Church, West Virginia · See more »

Sharon, West Virginia

Sharon is an unincorporated community and coal town in southeastern Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, located along the West Virginia Turnpike.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Sharon, West Virginia · See more »

South Pennsylvania Railroad

The South Pennsylvania Railroad is the name given to two proposed but never completed Pennsylvania railroads in the nineteenth-century.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and South Pennsylvania Railroad · See more »

Speed limit

Road speed limits are used in most countries to set the maximum (or minimum in some cases) speed at which road vehicles may legally travel on particular stretches of road.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Speed limit · See more »

Standard, West Virginia

Standard is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Standard, West Virginia · See more »

Stanley Bender

Stanley Bender (October 31, 1909 – June 22, 1994) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Stanley Bender · See more »

Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike

The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike was built in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia during the second quarter of the 19th century to provide a roadway from Staunton and the upper Shenandoah Valley to the Ohio River at present-day Parkersburg.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike · See more »

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Staunton, Virginia · See more »

Summersville, West Virginia

Summersville is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Summersville, West Virginia · See more »

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Supreme Court of the United States · See more »

Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia

Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia: is a tourist destination located at Exit 45 above the Beckley service area of the West Virginia Turnpike.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia · See more »

The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and The Saturday Evening Post · See more »

Toll house

A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road or canal.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Toll house · See more »

Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Toll road · See more »

U.S. Route 19

U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a north–south U.S. Highway.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and U.S. Route 19 · See more »

U.S. Route 219

U.S. Route 219 is a spur of U.S. Route 19.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and U.S. Route 219 · See more »

U.S. Route 460

U.S. Route 460 is a spur of U.S. Route 60.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and U.S. Route 460 · See more »

U.S. Route 60

U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic coast in Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and U.S. Route 60 · See more »

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's seven uniformed services.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and United States Coast Guard · See more »

Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Virginia · See more »

Virginia Board of Public Works

The Virginia Board of Public Works was a governmental agency which oversaw and helped finance the development of Virginia's transportation-related internal improvements during the 19th century.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Virginia Board of Public Works · See more »

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and West Virginia · See more »

West Virginia Department of Transportation

The West Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for transportation in West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and West Virginia Department of Transportation · See more »

West Virginia Route 3

West Virginia Route 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and West Virginia Route 3 · See more »

West Virginia Route 94

West Virginia Route 94 is a long north–south route connecting Marmet and Racine in West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and West Virginia Route 94 · See more »

West Virginia State Police

The West Virginia State Police is a paramilitary organization, state law enforcement agency in the United States that provides statewide police services to the 1.83 million residents in West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and West Virginia State Police · See more »

Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Wheeling, West Virginia · See more »

Wytheville, Virginia

Wytheville is a town in, and the county seat of, Wythe County, in western Virginia, United States.

New!!: West Virginia Turnpike and Wytheville, Virginia · See more »

Redirects here:

WV Turnpike, WVTP.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Turnpike

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »