West Virginia State Highways

Highway names
A State, Interstate and U.S. Route shield
Interstates:	Interstate XX (I-XX)
US Routes:	U.S. Route XX (US XX)
State:	West Virginia Route XX (WV XX)
County Routes	County Route XX (CR XX)
System links
West Virginia Routes State County

The West Virginia State Highway System is an integrated system of numbered roads in the U.S. state of West Virginia. These highways were coordinated by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways.

Historical timeline

1910s

1913 West Virginia Legislature creates State Road Bureau
1917 West Virginia Legislature creates State Road Commission

1920s

1920 Good Roads Amendment passed
1921 Congress directs each state to recommend roads for Federal Aid
1922 State Road designations completed
1925 US Numbered Highway System created

1930s

1933 All public roads brought under state control

City specific

External links

Numbered highways in the United States

National systems	Interstate Highways U.S. Numbered Highways

State highways	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Other areas	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

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