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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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During the Civil War, "Stonewall" Jackson burned down the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops in this city.
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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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What industry were Shay locomotives associated with?
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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This turnpike ran from Weston to the Kanawha River.
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