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The West Virginia Highways Annex Page is the result of original research by Mapmikey.

Sources used:

Official State Highway Maps
Personal Collection: 1938, spring 1942, 1950, 1958, 1976, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1994-96, 1998-99, 2001, 2002, 2014-15
WVDOT website: 2017
West Virginia State Archives (low resolution but legible enough): 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1960 (power company), 1964 (traffic), 1970 (traffic), 1972 (traffic), 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983
Univ of Alabama: 1946
AASHO Database: Released in 2020, this is an invaluable assembly of documents related to US routes and Interstates for all of the US. Access it here. Some official maps are available in these documents: 1928, 1929, 1935, 1943, 1947

Route shields for the route log pages come from ShieldsUp! by David Kendrick

Official County Highway Maps
WVDOT website: 2014, 2017
WVDOT website archive: 2004 (a few are missing)
West Virginia GIS Technical Center: 1935 (mislabeled as 1933); 1946 (mislabeled as 1937)
National Archives Enumeration District Maps (search for the specific county, then select 'maps and charts'): 1937 (from 1940 census); 1949 (from 1950 census)
1933 county atlas (not by WVDOT)
West Virginia State Archives (low resolution but legible enough): about two dozen city maps from 1980

Other Maps:
General Drafting: nearly all years 1931-42
Rand McNally: 1922, 1929, 1961; 1927, 1939, 1940 were available at David Rumsey's site
Clasons: 1927, 1930

Other Resources
AASHO database has numerous documents regarding changes and issues involving the US and Interstate routes in West Virginia.
Uglybridges.com (2011 archive)
West Virginia Annual Highway Reports: most years up through the 1940s, sporadic after that. A few more are available here.
wikipedia: information about Appalachian Highway Corridors

A special thanks to WVDOT service desk who answered some questions for me.
Also, thanks to individuals who provided information. Credit was given where it was used in the website.



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