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| US 50S gave it a try...returned for the original | ||||||
| US 50S: 1934 Route Log OH STATE LINE: 0 - 0 US 21 NB, WV 2 SB: 0.3 - 0.3 WV 2 NB: 0.2 - 0.5 US 21 SB: 0.5 - 1 WV 31: 21 - 22 US 50, US 50N, WV 16: 11 - 33 |
US 50S: Appeared Nov 1928 as a renumbering of US 50 between Athens OH and Ellensboro WV. In West Virginia the route entered at Parkersburg and went via Harrisville to Ellensboro, ending at US 50/50N and WV 16 (Main at Washington).
Despite the clear directive that US 50S was the designation, West Virginia questioned in Julu 1929 whether this should remain signed as US 50 (no), and in fact the 1929 Official shows US 50N and US 50. In 1934 (WVDOH), US 50S was removed from CR 50/23 Old 7th St (no longer connected to) and Northwestern Pike; CR 50/25 part of Highland Ave which no longer connects back to US 50 due to I-77. On Jan 16, 1935 (AASHO), West Virginia moved US 50S to go via Nutter Fort to end at US 50/50N Pike. The old route to Harrisville became WV 31 and north to Ellenboro remained part of WV 16 On January 22, 1935 AASHO notified West Virginia that US 50S was redesignated as US 50. There was some controversy, as Ohio wanted US 50N to become US 50 and US 50S to become US 50 ALT, but AASHO ruled the other way.
It is unclear if the reroute to Pike was ever posted as US 50S or not. Today US 50S is all of WV 618 EB; US 50; CR 50/38 Old US 50 except: CR 50/34, CR 50/27, CR 50/28 Red Peak Cir; CR 50/37 Murphytown Rd except: Abandoned loop over Left Stillwell Fork (was CR 50/29), CR 50/30, CR 50/20, CR 50/22 Morton Rd; abandoned routing north of Stillwell Creek; CR 50/9 and CR 50/31 through Dallison; US 50; CR 50/32 (not 50/40), a bit of WV 31, abandoned cutoff, CR 50/41 Deerwalk Rd which no longer connects to SR 5/10 and CR 5 Volcano Rd; US 50; CR 50/42 which becomes CR 50/32 in Ritchie County; CR 50/69 Sand Hill Rd; US 50; CR 50/46 which no longer connects to CR 50/33 which no longer connects to CR 50/36 to Nutter Farm; CR 50/34 except abandoned alignment which always stayed west of Goose Creek | |||||
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