Route | Starting Point (West or South) | Ending Point (East or North) | Counties | Notes |
WV 1 | There is no WV 1. |
WV 2 | US 60, Cabell | US 30, Hancock | Cabell, Mason, Jackson, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock | |
WV 2 Spur | Ohio State Line, Brooke | WV 2, Brooke | Brooke | Bridge over Ohio River from Follansbee, W. Va., to Steubenville, Ohio. This route may not be signed. |
WV 2 Spur | WV 2, Mason | WV 62, Mason | Mason | Located in Point Pleasant. Route is signed as either North WV 62 or South WV 2, depending on direction of travel. |
Alt. WV 2 | WV 2, Marshall | WV 2, Marshall | Marshall | Located near Moundsville. Some old signs remain, but not many. |
WV 3 | WV 10, Lincoln | WV 311, Monroe | Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe | |
Alt. WV 3 | WV 3, Boone | WV 3, Boone | Boone | Located in Whitesville. Route may not be signed. |
Alt. WV 3 | WV 3, Raleigh | WV 3, Raleigh | Raleigh | Located in Beckley. Route may not be signed. |
WV 4 | US 119, Kanawha | WV 20, Upshur | Kanawha, Clay, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur | |
WV 5 | WV 14, Wirt | US 19, Braxton | Wirt, Calhoun, Gilmer, Braxton | |
WV 6 | WV 61, Fayette | US 60, Kanawha | Fayette, Kanawha | Bridge over Kanawha River, connecting WV 61 at Montgomery to US 60 at Smithers. Route not signed. |
WV 7 | Ohio State Line, Wetzel | Maryland State Line, Preston | Wetzel, Monongalia, Preston | Bridge over Ohio River at New Martinsville connects WV 7 to OH 7, but this is not a continuous route between the two states. Bridge route is not signed. |
WV 8 | WV 2, Hancock | US 30, Hancock | Hancock | |
WV 9 | Maryland State Line, Morgan | Virginia State Line, Jefferson | Morgan, Hampshire, Berkeley, Jefferson | Appears to be a continuation of VA 9. |
WV 10 | US 19, Mercer | US 60, Cabell | Mercer, Wyoming, Logan, Lincoln, Cabell | |
Alt. WV 10 | WV 10, Cabell | US 60, Cabell | Cabell | |
WV 12 | US 219, Monroe | US 60, Greenbrier | Monroe, Summers, Greenbrier | |
WV 13 | There is no WV 13. Superstitious, are we? |
WV 14 | US 33/119, Roane | I-77, Wood | Roane, Wirt, Wood | |
Alt. WV 14 | WV 14, Wood | US 50, Wood | Wood | Located in Parkersburg. Route may not be marked. |
WV 15 | WV 4, Braxton | US 219/WV 55, Randolph | Braxton, Webster, Randolph | |
WV 16 | Virginia State Line, McDowell | WV 2, Pleasants | McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Clay, Calhoun, Ritchie, Pleasants | Dyslexic's nightmare -- the multiplex of WV 16 and WV 61 in Fayette County. |
Alt. WV 16 | WV 16, McDowell | WV 16, McDowell | McDowell | Located in Welch. Route may not be signed. |
Alt. WV 16 | WV 16, Raleigh | WV 16, Raleigh | Raleigh | Located in Beckley. Route not signed. Basically an extended turn lane from WV 16 south to WV 3 west. |
WV 17 | WV 10, Logan | WV 85, Boone | Logan, Boone | Former route of US 119 between Logan and Madison. |
WV 18 | WV 47, Gilmer | Ohio State Line, Tyler | Gilmer, Doddridge, Tyler | Route begins at Ohio River ferry at Sistersville. May not be marked between ferry and WV 2. |
WV 20 | US 52, Mercer | WV 7, Wetzel | Mercer, Summers, Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas, Webster, Upshur, Harrison, Wetzel | |
WV 20S | WV 20, Harrison | WV 20, Harrison | Harrison | Located in Clarksburg. Route not signed. Road is actually a one-way street; WV 20 southbound. |
WV 20 Conn. | WV 20S, Harrison | WV 20, Harrison | Harrison | Located in Clarksburg. Route not signed. |
WV 21 | There is no WV 21. US 21 ran from Bluefield to Williamstown, roughly parallel to I-77, before it was decommissioned in the early 1970s. The former route of US 21 in Kanawha, Jackson, Wirt and Wood counties is marked as County Road 21 in each county. |
WV 23 | WV 18, Tyler | US 50, Harrison | Tyler, Doddridge, Harrison | |
WV 24 | US 219, Preston | US 50, Preston | Preston | |
WV 25 | WV 62, Putnam | US 60, Kanawha | Putnam, Kanawha | |
Alt. WV 25 | WV 25, Kanawha | WV 25, Kanawha | Kanawha | Located in Dunbar. Route not signed. |
WV 25S | US 60, Kanawha | WV 25, Kanawha | Kanawha | Bridge over Kanawha River between Nitro/Dunbar and St. Albans. Route not signed. |
WV 26 | US 50, Preston | Pennsylvania State Line, Preston | Preston | |
WV 27 | WV 2, Brooke | Pennsylvania State Line, Brooke | Brooke | |
Alt. WV 27 | WV 2, Brooke | Pennsylvania State Line, Brooke | Brooke | I have no idea why this road is labeled Alt. WV 27. It does not intersect WV 27. |
WV 28 | WV 39, Pocahontas | Maryland State Line, Mineral | Pocahontas, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral | |
Alt. WV 28 | WV 28, Mineral | Maryland State Line, Mineral | Mineral | |
WV 28 Wye | US 33/WV 55, Pendleton | WV 28/55, Pendleton | Pendleton | Short connector route at Seneca Rocks. Not signed. |
WV 29 | WV 55/259, Hardy | WV 9, Hampshire | Hardy, Hampshire | |
WV 31 | Ohio State Line, Wood | WV 16, Ritchie | Wood, Ritchie | Route is not signed between Ohio state line and I-77/WV 14 intersection at Williamstown. |
WV 32 | US 33/WV 55, Randolph | US 219, Tucker | Randolph, Tucker | |
WV 34 | WV 3, Lincoln | I-77, Jackson | Lincoln, Putnam, Jackson | |
Alt. WV 34 | US 60, Putnam | WV 34, Putnam | Putnam | Located in Hurricane. Also signed as Business WV 34. |
WV 36 | WV 4, Clay | US 119, Roane | Clay, Roane | |
WV 37 | Kentucky State Line, Wayne | WV 10, Lincoln | Wayne, Lincoln | |
Alt. WV 37 | WV 37, Wayne | WV 37, Wayne | Wayne | Located in Wayne. Route may not be signed. |
WV 38 | US 250, Barbour | WV 72, Tucker | Barbour, Tucker | |
WV 39 | US 60/WV 16, Fayette | Virginia State Line, Pocahontas | Fayette, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Pocahontas | Appears to be a continuation of VA 39. Much of this route is multiplexed with other highways (WV 16 for seven miles, WV 55 for 31 miles, US 219/WV 55 for eight miles, and WV 92 for nine miles). |
WV 41 | WV 210, Raleigh | WV 55, Nicholas | Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas | Much of this route is the former route of US 19. |
WV 42 | WV 28/55, Grant | Maryland State Line, Mineral | Grant, Mineral | |
WV 43 | There is no WV 43. The section of WV 55 between Muddlety and Calvin in Nicholas County was once signed as WV 43. The West Virginia DOT plans to post the Mon-Fayette Expressway as WV 43, to continue Pennsylvania's desgnation of the route as PA 43. Read about the plan here. |
WV 44 | US 52, Logan | US 119, Logan | Logan | Former route of US 119. Route is poorly signed between WV 73 at Logan and US 119 near Holden |
WV 45 | Virginia State Line, Berkeley | WV 480, Jefferson | Berkeley, Jefferson | |
WV 46 (Southwest Section) | WV 42, Mineral | Maryland State Line, Mineral | Mineral | A portion of this road, between Elk Garden (WV 42) and Piedmont, is gravel. This is the one of the only two state-signed gravel roads on the West Virginia state system. |
WV 46 (Northeast Section) | Maryland State Line, Mineral | WV 28, Mineral | Mineral | This route crosses briefly into Maryland, instead of following the Potomac River on the West Virginia side. |
WV 47 | US 50, Wood | US 33/119, Gilmer | Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, Gilmer | Dyslexic's nightmare -- the intersection of WV 47 and WV 74 in Gilmer County. |
WV 48 | There is no WV 48. WV 48 used to exist on the current route of WV 480, but the number was switched to US 48 when that route was built. When US 48 was renumbered I-68, the number was not reassigned. However, West Virginia plans to resurrect the number and use it on the proposed Appalachian Corridor H, between Elkins and I-81 in Virginia. Read about the plan here. |
WV 49 | Kentucky State Line, Mingo | US 52, Mingo | Mingo | |