WV 311
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From: Virginia State Line below Sweet Springs (Monroe County)
To: near White Sulphur Springs (Greenbrier County)
Total Length: 4.3 miles  
The route exists as VA 311 for 13 miles between the WV 311 segments, plus extends 42 more miles as VA 311 below the main segment to end at US 11 Salem VA.
ROUTE LOG
Virginia State Line: 0 - 0
WV 3: 3.1 - 3.1
Virginia State Line: 0.9 - 4.0
GAP IN ROUTE
Virginia State Line: 0 - 4.0
I-64 (exit 183), US 60: 0.3 - 4.3
Creation: WV 311 was designated in 1941 as a renumbering of WV 81, running from the Virginia line below Sweet Springs to the Virginia line just above Sweet Springs. This is the only WV 311.

1931 Official
WV 81 in Sweet Springs
1931 Official
1946 Monroe County
WV 311 replaces WV 81
1946 Monroe County

Adjustments: In 1947, a second piece of WV 311 appeared east of White Sulphur Springs replacing US 60 which used to head south to Crows VA before angling northeast to Covington.

1946 Greenbrier County
US 60 south into Virginia
1946 Greenbrier County
2004 Greenbrier County
WV 311 replaces US 60
2004 Greenbrier County

Improvements: Upon designation, WV 311 was fully paved; no multilane segments.
Comment: From the mid 1940s to the mid 1970s, this was the highest numbered state route in West Virginia.

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Page last modified 29 November 2017