West Virginia Route 3
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Maintained by WVDOH | ||||
Length | 186.0 mi[1] (299.3 km) | |||
Existed | Early 1930s–present | |||
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Counties | Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe | |||
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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 | ![]() | |||
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Yawkey | ![]() | ||||
Boone | Julian | ![]() | west end of US 119 overlap | ||
Rock Creek | ![]() ![]() | east end of US 119 overlap | |||
Racine | ![]() | ||||
Raleigh | Glen Daniel | ![]() | |||
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Beckley | ![]() ![]() | I-77 exit 44 | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | overlap with WV 16 north (westbound only) | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | west end of US 19 overlap | ||||
Beaver | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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Shady Spring | ![]() | east end of US 19 overlap | |||
Summers | | ![]() ![]() ![]() | west end of WV 20 overlap | ||
| ![]() | east end of WV 20 overlap | |||
Hinton | ![]() | ||||
| ![]() | west end of WV 12 overlap | |||
Greenbrier | Alderson | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | east end of WV 12 overlap | ||
Monroe | Pickaway | ![]() | west end of US 219 overlap | ||
Union | ![]() | east end of US 219 overlap | |||
Sweet Springs | ![]() | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References[]
- ^ Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
- ^ West Virginia State Map, Rand McNally, 2008.
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- State highways in West Virginia
- Transportation in Lincoln County, West Virginia
- Transportation in Boone County, West Virginia
- Transportation in Raleigh County, West Virginia
- Transportation in Summers County, West Virginia
- Transportation in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Transportation in Monroe County, West Virginia
- West Virginia road stubs