West Virginia Route 3

State highway in West Virginia, United States

For the former WV 3, see West Virginia Route 3 (1920s).

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
Major intersections|

* US 119 between Julian and Danville

I-64 Toll / I-77 Toll 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
Country| United States
State| West Virginia
Counties| Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe
Highway system

* West Virginia State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State

| ←  WV 2| | →  WV 4

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View east along WV 3 just east of US 119 in Boone County WV 3 crosses the New River at Bellepoint.

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

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County| Location| mi| km| Destinations| Notes

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Lincoln| West Hamlin| | |  WV 10|
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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|
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WV 305 south – Lester|
Beckley| | |  I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Lewisburg| I-77 exit 44
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WV 16 (Robert C. Byrd Drive) to I-77 / US 19 – Bradley| overlap with WV 16 north (westbound only)
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US 19 north to I-64| west end of US 19 overlap
Beaver| | |

WV 307 east to I-64 – Airport|
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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
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WV 20 south – Athens| east end of WV 20 overlap
Hinton| | |
WV 107 north – Hinton|
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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

* Concurrency terminus

## References

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

## External links

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* Media related to West Virginia Route 3 at Wikimedia Commons

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