WV 85
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From: Oceana (Wyoming County)
To: Danville (Boone County)
Total Length: 45.7 miles  
ROUTE LOG
WV 10: 0 - 0
Boone-Wyoming Line: 9.3 - 9.3
WV 99: 0.4 - 9.7
WV 17: 33.5 - 43.2
US 119: 2.5 - 45.7
 Creation: WV 85 was designated between 1961-64 as a renumbering of WV 78 from WV 10 Oceana to Van and WV 79 from Van to US 119 (now WV 17) Madison. This is the 4th WV 85.
Adjustments: About 1976, WV 85 was extended north over US 119 through Madison to current US 119 in Danville.
Improvements: WV 85 was paved upomn designation; no multilane segments
Comment: WV 85 traverses some really rural parts of West Virginia.

1960 Power Facilities
WV 79 and WV 78 from Oceana to Madison
1960 Power Facilities
1973 Official
WV 85 from Oceana to Madison
1973 Official
1976 Official
WV 85 extended out to new US 119
1976 Official

Previous WV 85's:

1930 ROUTE LOG
WV 24: 0 - 0
WV 81: 19 - 19

1940 ROUTE LOG
US 19, US 21: 0 - 0
US 60: 20 - 20

1958 ROUTE LOG
Virginia State Line: 0 - 0
Virginia State Line: 3.0 - 3.0
GAP IN ROUTE
Virginia State Line: 0 - 3.0
Virginia State Line: 0.2 - 3.2
GAP IN ROUTE
Virginia State Line: 0 - 3.2
US 52, WV 16: 28 - 31.2
 		WV 85 #1: Appeared 1928 (WVDOT annual report) as new primary routing running from WV 24 (now US 219) Union east to WV 81 (now WV 311) Sweet Springs.
In 1931, WV 85 was renumbered as part of WV 3.

1931 gen draft
WV 85 Union to Sweet Springs
1931 Gen Draft
1931 Official
WV 3 replaces WV 85
1931 Official

WV 85 #2: Appeared in 1935 as a renumbering of WV 41 from US 19-21 (now WV 16) Fayetteville through the New River Gorge to US 60 Lookout.
Between 1947-49, WV 85 was renumbered as WV 82. Today it is CR 82.

1931 Official
WV 41 Fayetteville to Lookout
1931 Official
1939 Rand McN
WV 85 Fayetteville to Lookout
1939 Rand McN
1956 Shell
WV 82 replaces WV 85
1956 Shell

WV 85 #3: Appeared between 1947-49 as a renumbering of WV 82 from the Virginia line at Pocahontas southeastward back into Virginia near Fall Mills. There was also a very brief incursion into/out of Virginia near the north end of the Mercer County segment. Also a segment of WV 85 was created as an upgrade to CR 15 from the Virginia line northwest of Pocahontas to Kennon, then over CR 13 to end at US 52/WV 16 Welch.
About 1959, WV 85 was renumbered as WV 102. The segment from Welch to Pocahontas is now WV 103, a little WV 161, and CR 84.
In 1949 Virginia rejected putting SR 659 between the Welch segment and existing then-VA 85 to make a continuous route 85.

1946 Mercer County
WV 82 in western Mercer County
1946 Mercer County
1956 Shell
WV 85 from Welch to Bluefield
1956 Shell
1959 Virginia Official
WV 102 replaces WV 85
1959 Virginia

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