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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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The construction of a 4,100-foot tunnel in this county allowed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to be completed.
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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The Northwestern Railroad was opened to this Ohio River city in 1857.
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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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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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What is the nickname for the section of U.S. 52 that runs between Kenova and Williamson?
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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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