West Virginia State Highway System


The West Virginia State Highway System is an integrated system of numbered roads in the U.S. state of West Virginia. These highways were coordinated by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways.

Types

West Virginia state highways have a square-shaped highway shield.
West Virginia has a system of secondary state highways, referred to as county routes, that are functionally similar to county roads in most other states. County route designations are only unique within each county. There are two types of county routes:
  • Trunk county routes have a single number in a circular highway shield.
  • Spur county routes are given "fractional" designations with two numbers displayed vertically: the top number specifies the US, WV, or county route they diverge from, and the bottom is a serial number reflecting the order in which the number was assigned. In many cases, if the parent route is renumbered, the spur roads are not renumbered to reflect the change.
In addition, Home Access Road Program roads have a house-shaped pentagonal shield. They are assigned to dead-end shared driveways. The program began in 1998.
Delta roads had a triangular highway shield. They were assigned to private roads maintained by the state. The system came about in the 1960s, and was phased out in the 1990s, and very few delta markers remain.

Historical timeline

1910s