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What railroad was under construction in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud?
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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Where is the oldest bridge in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following towns did the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike NOT directly pass through?
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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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