West Virginia Route 618 is an east–west

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located almost entirely in

Parkersburg Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's fourth-largest city and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metro ...

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. The route follows the former path of

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...

through

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Parkersburg. It was created when US 50 was realigned onto a bypass of Parkersburg constructed as part of an upgrade of

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. The designation is meant as a continuation of

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's State Route 618, though that route turns North at the Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge before it would actually meet West Virginia Route 618. The western terminus of WV 618 is at the Ohio state line on the Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge. The eastern terminus is at an interchange with US 50 just east of Parkersburg.

Major intersections

References

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Transportation in Wood County, West Virginia U.S. Route 50 {{WestVirginia-road-stub