West Virginia Route 59 was a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
. It ran from
West Virginia Route 259
West Virginia Route 259 (WV 259) is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The state highway runs from the Virginia state line near Mathias north to the Virginia state line at High View. At both termini, the road continues as Virgi ...
at
Lost City east to the
Virginia
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state line, where it became secondary State Route 691. About one-third of the route is
unpaved
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.
[
While officially designated and shown on ]West Virginia Division of Highways
The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) is the state agency responsible for transportation in West Virginia. The Department of Transportation serves an umbrella organization for seven subsidiary agencies which are directly responsi ...
maps as a state route,[ the road was signed in the field as a county route since at least the 1990s.]
Major intersections
References
059
Transportation in Hardy County, West Virginia
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