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U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia, in red Route information Maintained by WVDOH Length 196.20 mi (315.75 km) Existed 1926–present Western section West end US 50 / SR 32 in Belpre, OH Major intersections I-77 in Parkersburg US 19 in Clarksburg I-79 in Clarksburg US 250 near Grafton US 119 in Grafton East end US 50 near Brookside Eastern section West end US 50 in Gormania Major ...
Northwestern Turnpike. The Northwestern Turnpike is a historic road in West Virginia ( Virginia at the time the road was created), important for being historically one of the major roads crossing the Appalachians, financed by the Virginia Board of Public Works in the 1830s.
June 5, 1975 [ 1] The Sloan–Parker House, also known as the Stone House, Parker Family Residence, or Richard Sloan House, [ 2][ 3] is a late-18th-century stone residence near Junction, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was built on land vacated by the Shawnee after the Native American nation had been violently forced to ...
Travelers Rest, also known as Old Stone House, is a historic home located near Burlington, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was built as a stagecoach stop to service the Northwestern Turnpike. It serviced the corridor between Winchester, Virginia and Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia ). The house is believed to have been built in two ...
Alleghenian orogeny. The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia. The Allegheny Front forms the boundary between the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians to its east and the Appalachian Plateau (locally called ...
Raven Rock, on North Mountain, offers one of the finest views in West Virginia. Location: U.S. Route 50, at junction with West Virginia Route 29 North. Mount Bethel Church Mount Bethel Church marker. Title: Mount Bethel Church. Inscription: The Presbyterians established a church near here in 1792. At first called the Mountain Church in 1808, it ...
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 ( US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching 3,019 miles (4,859 km) from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 378 and Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic Ocean. Until 1972, when it was replaced by Interstate ...
U.S. Route 50 ( US 50) is a transcontinental highway which stretches from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California. In the U.S. state of Virginia, US 50 extends 86 miles (138 km) from the border with Washington, D.C. at a Potomac River crossing at Rosslyn in Arlington County to the West Virginia state line near Gore in Frederick County .