West Virginia Route 131 is a north–south
state highway located in northern
West Virginia
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. The northern terminus is at
U.S. Route 19
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The highway's southern ...
in
Shinnston. The southern terminus is at
U.S. Route 50 in
Bridgeport
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.
The part of WV 131 running north–south from US 50 past
I-79
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is former
WV 73, which continued to
Morgantown and
Bruceton Mills along the I-79 and
I-68
Interstate 68 (I-68) is a Interstate Highway in the US states of West Virginia and Maryland, connecting I-79 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to I-70 in Hancock, Maryland. I-68 is also Corridor E of the Appalachian Development Highway Syst ...
corridors. The remainder of WV 131, along Saltwell Road, was County Route 13. The numerators of county routes spurring from WV 131 still reflect these former numbers.
Major intersections
References
131
Transportation in Harrison County, West Virginia
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