West Virginia Route 16

West Virginia Route 16 (WV 16) is a north–south route located in the U.S. State of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at the Virginia state line in Bishop, McDowell County, where the route continues south as Virginia State Route 16. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 2 in St. Marys, Pleasants County, on the south bank of the Ohio River. WV 16 continues as a same-numbered route into Virginia and North Carolina, ultimately ending in Waxhaw, south of Charlotte and just north of the South Carolina border. The total length of highway is just under 475 miles (764 km) long.

West Virginia Route 16
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	252.9 mi^[1] (407.0 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR 16 in Bishop
Major intersections	US 52 in Welch WV 10 near Pineville I-64 / I-77 near Beckley US 19 in Oak Hill US 60 in Gauley Bridge I-79 near Big Chimney US 33 / US 119 near Arnoldsburg US 50 near Ellenboro
North end	WV 2 in St. Marys
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Clay, Calhoun, Ritchie, Pleasants
Highway system
West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 15 → WV 17

View north along WV 16 at CR 16/25 in Calhoun County

WV 16 crossing the New River in 2022

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
McDowell	Bishop			SR 16 south – Tazewell, Marion, Mouth of Wilson	Continuation from Virginia
				WV 161 north – Anawalt
	​			WV 83 west – Bradshaw
	Welch			US 52 north – Iaeger, Williamson	south end of US 52 overlap
				US 52 south / WV 103 east – Bluefield, Gary	north end of US 52 overlap; south end of US 52 Alt. overlap
				US 52 Alt. south (Elkhorn Street)	north end of US 52 Alt. overlap
Wyoming	Pineville			WV 10 north to WV 97 – Pineville, Twin Falls Resort State Park	south end of WV 10 overlap
	​			WV 10 south – Princeton	north end of WV 10 overlap
	Mullens			WV 54 north – Beckley, Twin Falls Resort State Park
Raleigh	​			WV 54 south / WV 97 west – Mullens	south end of WV 97 overlap
	​			WV 121 south (local traffic only) / WV 54 south – Mullens	interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	MacArthur			I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield	I-77 exit 42; north end of WV 97 overlap
	Mabscott			Mabscott	interchange
	Beckley			Walker Avenue	interchange; southbound access only
				To WV 3 east / Central Avenue	south end of WV 3 west overlap (northbound only)
				WV 3 east (Neville Street) – Downtown Beckley
				WV 3 west (Prince Street / Harper Road) to I-77	north end of WV 3 west overlap (northbound only)
				WV 210 south (North Kanawha Street)
				US 19 south (Eisenhower Drive) / CR 8 (Ragland Road)	south end of US 19 overlap
	​			US 19 north to I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Oak Hill, Summersville	interchange; north end of US 19 overlap
	Bradley			To US 19
Fayette	Mount Hope			WV 211 north – Downtown Mount Hope
				WV 61 south – Prince	south end of WV 61 overlap
				WV 211 south – Downtown Mount Hope
	​			To US 19
	Oak Hill			US 19 south – Beckley	south end of US 19 overlap
				US 19 north / CR 18 (Pea Ridge Road) – Summersville	interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 19 overlap
				WV 61 north – Montgomery	north end of WV 61 overlap
				US 19 – Summersville, Beckley	interchange
				CR 21/18 (Lochgelly Road) to US 19 – Beckley, Summersville
	Fayetteville			US 19 – Beckley, Summersville
	Chimney Corner			US 60 east – Rainelle, Hawks Nest State Park	south end of US 60 overlap
	Gauley Bridge			US 60 west – Charleston	north end of US 60 overlap; south end of WV 39 overlap
	Belva			WV 39 east – Summersville	north end of WV 39 overlap
Clay	Clay			WV 4 south – Clendenin	south end of WV 4 overlap
	​			WV 4 north – Sutton	north end of WV 4 overlap
	​			I-79 – Charleston, Clarksburg	I-79 exit 40
Calhoun	​			US 33 west / US 119 south – Spencer	south end of US 33 / US 119 overlap
	Millstone			US 33 east / US 119 north – Weston, Glenville	north end of US 33 / US 119 overlap
	Grantsville			WV 5 – Elizabeth, Glenville
Ritchie	Smithville			WV 47 east – Weston	south end of WV 47 overlap
				WV 47 west – Parkersburg	north end of WV 47 overlap
	Harrisville			WV 31 (Main Street) – Cairo, North Bend State Park
	Ellenboro			US 50 – Parkersburg, Clarksburg	interchange
Pleasants	St. Marys			WV 2 – Parkersburg, Wheeling
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.

 

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