West Virginia Route 37 is an east–west

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in western

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. The western terminus of the route is at the

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state line in

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, where WV 37 becomes Kentucky Route 3 Spur upon crossing the

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. The eastern terminus is at

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one mile (1.6 km) south of

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History

A large portion of WV 37 was relocated in eastern Wayne County about 1970 as a result of the construction of

East Lynn Lake East Lynn Lake is a reservoir on the East Fork Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County, West Virginia. The lake is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, as part of a series of flood control projects for the Ohio River ba ...

, which flooded the route's former path along East Fork Twelvepole Creek. The highway was relocated up a series of side valleys from just downstream of the dam to near Kiahsville. East of Kiahsville, the road was moved to a higher elevation out of the lake's floodplain.

Major intersections

References

037 Transportation in Lincoln County, West Virginia Transportation in Wayne County, West Virginia {{WestVirginia-road-stub