U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia
- U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia
Infobox road
state=WV
type=US
route=50
alternate_name=
length_mi=196.20
length_round=2
length_ref=[Federal Highway Administration, [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhpn/ National Highway Planning Network GIS data] version 2005.08] ]
yrcom=1926
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=
previous_route=49
next_route=51
U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia runs from the border with Ohio to Virginia, passing briefly through Garrett County, Maryland, and following the Northwestern Turnpike. Prior to the U.S. Highway System it was West Virginia Route 1 and in the 1930s, the road was not finished in Maryland. At that time, motorists had to open a gate at the state line and drive on a dirt path until again reaching the other state line.Fact|date=February 2007 Today the section of US 50 from Clarksburg to Parkersburg on the Ohio River is part of Corridor D of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
Water crossings
*Mill Branch east of Capon Bridge, West Virginia
*Cacapon River via Capon Bridge at Capon Bridge, West Virginia
*North River via Hanging Rock Bridge at Hanging Rock
*Tearcoat Creek via Pleasant Dale Bridge at Pleasant Dale
*South Branch Potomac River via Romney Bridge at Romney
*Patterson Creek via Patterson Creek Bridge at Burlington
*New Creek via New Creek Bridge at New Creek
*North Branch Potomac River via Gormania Bridge at the state line with Maryland
*Tygart Valley River via US 50 Bridge at Grafton
*West Fork River via US 50 Bridge at Clarksburg
*Ohio River via Blennerhassett Bridge at Parkersburg
Historic sites
Hampshire County
*Hook's Tavern, 1790
*Capon Bridge
**Frye's Inn, c. 1800
**Amos Pugh House
*Cooper Mountain Overlook
*Hanging Rock
*Straw's Country Store Museum
*Historic Downtown Romney
**West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind, 1846
**Hampshire County Courthouse, 1922
**Literary Hall, 1870
**Indian Mound Cemetery
**Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery
*Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches
*The Burg, built c. 1769
*Sloan-Parker House (Stone House), built 1790
Mineral County
*Weaver’s Antique Service Station
*Claysville Church
*Patterson Creek Manor
*Saddle Mountain
*Traveller's Rest
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
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