U.S. Route 250
Route information | ||
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Auxiliary route of US 50 | ||
Length | 514 mi (827 km) | |
Existed | 1928–present | |
Major junctions | ||
West end | US 6 in Sandusky, OH | |
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East end | US 360 in Richmond, VA | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
States | Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia | |
Highway system | ||
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U.S. Route 250 (US 250) is a route of the
In Virginia and Ohio, the route is signed east–west. In West Virginia, the route is signed north–south.
Route description
Ohio
In Ohio, U.S. 250 is an important cross-state corridor linking Sandusky (on Lake Erie) to Bridgeport (on the Ohio River). From a regional/traffic perspective, the route can roughly be divided into five sections linking major regions and routes of the state:
- US 6 in Sandusky to US 20 at Norwalk
- US 20 at Norwalk to US 30 at Wooster
- US 30 at Wooster to I-77 at Strasburg
- US 22 at Cadiz
West Virginia
U.S. 250 in West Virginia includes the Philippi Covered Bridge at Philippi, the only covered bridge on the United States Numbered Highway System.
Philippi truck route
U.S. Route 250 Truck follows Blue and Gray Expressway around the south and west sides of downtown Philippi, avoiding the covered bridge.
Virginia
US 250 runs 166.74 miles (268.34 km) from the
History
Earlier roads, funding conflicts
Between
The route west of Staunton was built about 100 years later as a toll road, the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. In the second quarter of the 19th century, it became a major gateway into Virginia's "Trans-Allegheny" region, which presented much greater challenges to transportation than did less rugged portions of the state. In that region, navigable waterways were unavailable and canals impractical. Wheeled vehicles in the form of wagons, and later, motor vehicles needed to pass through with passengers and freight. It became part of the main trade route for salt and other commodities in the early 19th century. As the American Civil War broke out, the route became very important and was defended by Stonewall Jackson's troops at the Battle of McDowell in 1862.
The portion of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike west of Allegheny Mountain (almost all of it) became part of West Virginia in 1863. Virginia's pre-War debt became a major issue after the American Civil War, as millions of dollars of debt remained for infrastructure improvements, some of which were now located in the new state of West Virginia, including most of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. Political divisions in Virginia on this issue resulted in creation of a new major political group in the late 1870s, the
For several decades, Virginia and West Virginia disputed the new state's share of the Virginia government's debt. The issue was finally settled in 1915, when the
U.S. Highway system, numbering
U.S. Route 250 was created in 1928 and was originally routed from
Major intersections
- Ohio
- US 6 in Sandusky
- I-80 / I-90 north-northwest of Milan
- US 20 in Norwalk
- US 42 in Ashland. The highways travel concurrently through Ashland.
- I-71 east of Ashland
- US 30 west-southwest of Wooster. The highways travel concurrently to southeast of Wooster.
- US 62 in Wilmot. The highways travel concurrently through Wilmot.
- I-77 south-southeast of Strasburg. The highways travel concurrently to New Philadelphia.
- US 36 in Uhrichsville
- US 22 in Cadiz. The highways travel concurrently through Cadiz.
- US 40 in Bridgeport. The highways travel concurrently to Wheeling, West Virginia.
- West Virginia
- I-70 on Wheeling Island. The highways travel concurrently to Wheeling.
- I-470 in Wheeling
- US 19 in Fairmont. The highways travel concurrently through Fairmont.
- I-79 in White Hall
- US 50 west-southwest of Prunytown. The highways travel concurrently to Prunytown.
- US 119 north-northwest of Webster. The highways travel concurrently to Philippi.
- US 33 north of Norton. The highways travel concurrently to Elkins.
- US 219 north of Elkins. The highways travel concurrently to Huttonsville.
- Virginia
- US 220 in Monterey
- US 11 in Staunton. The highways travel concurrently through Staunton.
- I-81 in Staunton
- US 340 in Waynesboro
- US 340 in Waynesboro. The highways travel concurrently through Waynesboro.
- I-64 in Rockfish Gap
- I-64 in Yancey Mills
- US 29 west-northwest of Charlottesville. The highways travel concurrently to Charlottesville.
- I-64 east-southeast of Charlottesville
- US 15 in Zion X-Roads
- US 522 in Gum Spring
- I-64 east-southeast of Short Pump
- I-64 in Dumbarton
- US 33 in Richmond. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
- US 1 / US 301 in Richmond
- I-95 in Richmond
- US 360 in Richmond
References
- ^ Pawlett, Nathaniel Mason; Newlon, Jr., Howard H. (January 1976). The Route of Three Notch'd Road: A Preliminary Report (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Charlottesville Woolen Mills Chronology". historicwoolenmills.org.
- ^ Johnson, W. S. (June 30, 1920). "Virginia-West Virginia Debt Settlement: Payment of the Virginia Debt". West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019.
- ISBN 9780528007712.
External links
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