West Virginia Route 3

West Virginia Route 3
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length:	186.0 mi[1] (299.3 km)
Existed:	Early 1930s – present
Major junctions
West end:	WV 10 in West Hamlin
	US 119 between Julian and Danville I-64/I-77 near Beckley WV 16 in Beckley US 19 between Beckley and Shady Spring WV 20 near Hinton US 219 in Union
East end:	WV 311 at Sweet Springs
Location
Counties:	Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe
Highway system
West Virginia Routes State County ← WV 2 WV 4 →

West Virginia Route 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from West Virginia Route 10 in West Hamlin in a general easterly direction via Beckley to West Virginia Route 311 at Sweet Springs, most of the way across the state.

Route 3 crosses a particularly large part of the state's landscape. It goes through many counties including Monroe, Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Boone, and Lincoln. At least two state parks are along the route. Moncove Lake State Park, in the southeastern part of the state, is just a few miles off the main road near Gap Mills. Little Beaver State Park is in Beaver, near the major city of Beckley.^[2]

WV 3 overlaps U.S. Route 119 in Boone County north of Madison and U.S. Route 219 from Union north to Pickaway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lincoln	West Hamlin			WV 10
				WV 34 north – Hurricane
	Yawkey			WV 214 north
Boone	Julian			US 119 north – Charleston	west end of US 119 overlap
	Rock Creek			US 119 south / CR 119/65 (Skeens Drive) – Madison, Logan	east end of US 119 overlap
	Racine			WV 94 north – Charleston
Raleigh	Glen Daniel			WV 99 west – Oceana, Madison
				WV 305 south – Lester
	Beckley			I‑64 / I‑77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Lewisburg	I-77 exit 44
				WV 16 (Robert C. Byrd Drive) to I‑77 / US 19 – Bradley	overlap with WV 16 north (westbound only)
				US 19 north to I‑64	west end of US 19 overlap
	Beaver			WV 307 east to I‑64 – Airport
				WV 307 west
	Shady Spring			US 19 south – Princeton	east end of US 19 overlap
Summers				WV 20 north to I‑64 – Hinton	west end of WV 20 overlap
				WV 20 south – Athens	east end of WV 20 overlap
	Hinton (Bellepoint)			WV 107 north – Hinton
				WV 12 south – Peterstown	west end of WV 12 overlap
Greenbrier	Alderson			WV 12 north to I‑64 / WV 63 – Alta	east end of WV 12 overlap
Monroe	Pickaway			US 219 north – Lewisburg	west end of US 219 overlap
	Union			US 219 south – Rich Creek, VA	east end of US 219 overlap
	Sweet Springs			WV 311 – White Sulphur Springs, Salem, VA
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
2. West Virginia State Map, Rand McNally, 2008.