West Virginia Route 16 (WV 16) is a north–south route located in the U.S. State of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at the Virginia state line in Bishop, McDowell County, where the route continues south as Virginia State Route 16. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 2 in St. Marys, Pleasants County, on the south bank of the Ohio River. WV 16 continues as a same-numbered route into Virginia and North Carolina, ultimately ending in Waxhaw, south of Charlotte and just north of the South Carolina border. The total length of highway is just under 475 miles (764 km) long.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by WVDOH | ||||
Length | 252.9 mi[1] (407.0 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | West Virginia | |||
Counties | McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Clay, Calhoun, Ritchie, Pleasants | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Major intersections
editCounty | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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McDowell | Bishop | SR 16 south – Tazewell, Marion, Mouth of Wilson | Continuation from Virginia | ||
WV 161 north – Anawalt | |||||
| WV 83 west – Bradshaw | ||||
Welch | US 52 north – Iaeger, Williamson | south end of US 52 overlap | |||
US 52 south / WV 103 east – Bluefield, Gary | north end of US 52 overlap; south end of US 52 Alt. overlap | ||||
US 52 Alt. south (Elkhorn Street) | north end of US 52 Alt. overlap | ||||
Wyoming | Pineville | WV 10 north to WV 97 – Pineville, Twin Falls Resort State Park | south end of WV 10 overlap | ||
| WV 10 south – Princeton | north end of WV 10 overlap | |||
Mullens | WV 54 north – Beckley, Twin Falls Resort State Park | ||||
Raleigh | | WV 54 south / WV 97 west – Mullens | south end of WV 97 overlap | ||
| WV 121 south (local traffic only) / WV 54 south – Mullens | interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
MacArthur | I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield | I-77 exit 42; north end of WV 97 overlap | |||
Mabscott | Mabscott | interchange | |||
Beckley | Walker Avenue | interchange; southbound access only | |||
To WV 3 east / Central Avenue | south end of WV 3 west overlap (northbound only) | ||||
WV 3 east (Neville Street) – Downtown Beckley | |||||
WV 3 west (Prince Street / Harper Road) to I-77 | north end of WV 3 west overlap (northbound only) | ||||
WV 210 south (North Kanawha Street) | |||||
US 19 south (Eisenhower Drive) / CR 8 (Ragland Road) | south end of US 19 overlap | ||||
| US 19 north to I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Oak Hill, Summersville | interchange; north end of US 19 overlap | |||
Bradley | To US 19 | ||||
Fayette | Mount Hope | WV 211 north – Downtown Mount Hope | |||
WV 61 south – Prince | south end of WV 61 overlap | ||||
WV 211 south – Downtown Mount Hope | |||||
| To US 19 | ||||
Oak Hill | US 19 south – Beckley | south end of US 19 overlap | |||
US 19 north / CR 18 (Pea Ridge Road) – Summersville | interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 19 overlap | ||||
WV 61 north – Montgomery | north end of WV 61 overlap | ||||
US 19 – Summersville, Beckley | interchange | ||||
CR 21/18 (Lochgelly Road) to US 19 – Beckley, Summersville | |||||
Fayetteville | US 19 – Beckley, Summersville | ||||
Chimney Corner | US 60 east – Rainelle, Hawks Nest State Park | south end of US 60 overlap | |||
Gauley Bridge | US 60 west – Charleston | north end of US 60 overlap; south end of WV 39 overlap | |||
Belva | WV 39 east – Summersville | north end of WV 39 overlap | |||
Clay | Clay | WV 4 south – Clendenin | south end of WV 4 overlap | ||
| WV 4 north – Sutton | north end of WV 4 overlap | |||
| I-79 – Charleston, Clarksburg | I-79 exit 40 | |||
Calhoun | | US 33 west / US 119 south – Spencer | south end of US 33 / US 119 overlap | ||
Millstone | US 33 east / US 119 north – Weston, Glenville | north end of US 33 / US 119 overlap | |||
Grantsville | WV 5 – Elizabeth, Glenville | ||||
Ritchie | Smithville | WV 47 east – Weston | south end of WV 47 overlap | ||
WV 47 west – Parkersburg | north end of WV 47 overlap | ||||
Harrisville | WV 31 (Main Street) – Cairo, North Bend State Park | ||||
Ellenboro | US 50 – Parkersburg, Clarksburg | interchange | |||
Pleasants | St. Marys | WV 2 – Parkersburg, Wheeling | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
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