WV 66
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From: Linwood (Pocahontas County)
To: near Green Bank (Pocahontas County)
Total Length: 15.9 miles  
ROUTE LOG
US 219, WV 55: 0 - 0
WV 28, WV 92: 15.9 - 15.9

Creation: WV 66 was designated between 1990-92 as an upgrade to CR 9, CR 1/3, CR 1, and CR 7 running as it does today. This is the 3rd WV 66.
Adjustments: None
Improvements: WV 66 was paved upon inception; No multilane segments
Comment: Serves Snowshoe Resort and Cass, home of the famous scenic railway.
2017 Official
Current WV 66
2017 Official

Previous WV 66's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
Virginia State Line: 0 - 0
WV 8: 29 - 29

1965 ROUTE LOG
WV 2: 0 - 0
US 30: 12.2 - 12.2
 		WV 66 #1: Appeared 1922 as new primary routing running from WV 8 (now US 52 ALT Elkhorn St) Welch south to the Virginia state line at Bishop.
Between 1929-31, WV 66 was renumbered as part of WV 64. Today it is part of WV 16.

1922 Official
WV 66 from Welch to Virginia
1922 Official
1931 Official
WV 66 replaced by WV 64
1931 Official

WV 66 #2: Appeared 1932 as new primary routing running from WV 2 (now WV 8) near New Cumberland north along the Ohio River to end at US 30 (now 2nd St) Chester.
Between 1934-37, WV 66 was truncated to a rerouted US 30 at 1st St.
County maps throughout the 1940s showed a gap in WV 66 in the Congo area where traffic had to use CR 8 to connect to either end. 1930s maps showed as if there were no gap and topos did show no road there. The gap was filled about 1950 or 1951.
Between 1965-70, WV 66 was renumbered as part of WV 2

1931 Official
WV 66 appears in Chester
1931 Official
1949 Hancock County
Gap in WV 66 west of Chester
1949 Hancock County
1976 Official
WV 2 replaces WV 66 to Chester
1976 Official

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