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In 1873, company officials drove the last spike at Hawks Nest, completing this major railroad.
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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Where is the oldest bridge in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following towns did the Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike NOT directly pass through?
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Which interstate covers the most miles in West Virginia?
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The second major railroad in southern West Virginia, this line carried its first load of coal from Mercer County in 1883.
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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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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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This turnpike ran from Weston to the Kanawha River.
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