West Virginia Turnpike

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The West Virginia Turnpike is a major toll highway running through southern West Virginia that forms a key segment of the Interstate 77 and Interstate 64 corridor.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
West Virginia Turnpike canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf highway
limited-access highway
toll road
connectsCity Beckley, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Princeton, West Virginia
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electronicTollSystem E-ZPass
E-ZPass
surface form: West Virginia E-ZPass
formsCorridor I-64 corridor
I-77 corridor
hasBridge numerous bridges
hasElectronicTollCollection yes
hasRestArea multiple rest areas
hasServicePlaza Morton Travel Plaza
Pinto Travel Plaza
Tamarack Service Plaza
hasToll yes
hasTunnel Memorial Tunnel (former)
isKeySegmentOf Interstate 77
surface form: Charleston–Charlotte Interstate corridor

Interstate 75
surface form: Cleveland–Florida Interstate corridor
isMajorRouteFor north–south traffic through Appalachians
traffic between Ohio Valley and Southeast U.S.
knownFor sharp curves
steep grades
laterConfiguration four-lane divided highway
locatedIn southern West Virginia
maintainedBy West Virginia Division of Highways
surface form: West Virginia Department of Transportation

West Virginia Parkways Authority
opened 1954
openedAsTollRoad yes
openingDate 1954-11-08
originalConfiguration two-lane highway
partOf Interstate 64
Interstate 77
passesThroughCounty Fayette County, West Virginia
Kanawha County, West Virginia
Mercer County, West Virginia
Raleigh County, West Virginia
region Appalachian Mountains
roadType controlled-access highway
state West Virginia
terminusNorth Charleston, West Virginia
terminusSouth Princeton, West Virginia
terrain mountainous
tollCollectionDirection both directions
tollSystem barrier toll system
upgradedToInterstateStandards yes

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercer County, West Virginia hasMajorHighway West Virginia Turnpike
Beckley, West Virginia locatedOnTransportCorridor West Virginia Turnpike
Interstate 77 tollSection West Virginia Turnpike
Ghent, West Virginia roadAccessVia West Virginia Turnpike