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The northern cardinal is the state bird of West Virginia. This list of birds of West Virginia includes species documented in the U.S. state of West Virginia and accepted by the West Virginia Bird Records Committee of the Brooks Bird Club (BBC). As of July 2021 the published list contained 354 species. [1] Of them, 65 are classified as rare ...
The state of West Virginia is currently home to at least 70 wild mammal species. The larger megafauna which once inhabited the High Alleghenies — elk, bison, mountain lion — were all exterminated during the 19th century. They survived longer in this area, however, than in other parts of the eastern United States.
View west along WV 95 just west of I-77 in Parkersburg. West Virginia Route 95 is an east–west state highway in the Parkersburg, West Virginia area. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 68 west of Parkersburg. The eastern terminus is at Interstate 77/West Virginia Route 2 exit 173 in Parkersburg. Major intersections
The northern 51% of the tunnel is in West Virginia and the southern 49% in Virginia; Virginia shared the cost of the project. [2] Before the opening of the East River Mountain Tunnel, travelers wishing to cross the state line had to navigate the narrow, twisting, guardrail-less route of US 52 up and over the mountain (now designated as SR 598 ...
In 1976, I-77/I-64 opened from exit 96 (milepost 95.87) to the northern terminus of the West Virginia Turnpike at milepost 99.12 (exit 99). The Interstate concurrency was opened to traffic from exit 100 (milepost 100.16) to exit 101 (milepost 101.64). This completed the last segment of Interstate within Charleston city limits.
West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains of the Upper South region of the 48 contiguous states. Usually considered part of the South Eastern United States, West Virginia is bounded on the northeast by Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the southeast by Virginia, on the northwest by Ohio, and on the southwest by Kentucky.
I-74 at the Virginia state line proposed — I-77: 187.21: 301.29 I-77 at the Virginia state line near Bluefield: I-77 at the Ohio state line in Marietta, Oh. 1956: current I-79: 160.52: 258.33 I-77 near Charleston: I-79 at the Pennsylvania state line near Mount Morris, Pa. 1967: current I-81: 26: 42 I-81 at the Virginia state line near Rest, Va.
West Virginia Route 90 is a 13-mile (21 km) long north–south state highway in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The route, located within Tucker County and Grant County, runs parallel to the Maryland state line for most of its length. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 219 one mile (1.6 km) north of Thomas.