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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?
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Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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Which major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
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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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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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