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38: 144:(DOH) is the largest component of the Department of Transportation. It is responsible for almost all public roads in the state outside of incorporated municipalities. The Division of Highways was previously its own standalone agency, the Department of Highways, and was known as the State Road Commission until about the 1970s. 206:
The Parkways Authority used to be named the Parkways, Economic Development, and Tourism Authority. It participated in economic development programs, an activity that was curtailed under former governor
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was formed to assume ownership of rail lines that were planned for abandonment by their original operators. It directly operates the
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was created in 1989 as a successor to the West Virginia Turnpike Commission. The agency is tasked with operating the
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Other State Rail Authority duties include promoting tourist and short-line railroads, operating three
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State Capitol Complex - Building 5 - 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East - Charleston, West Virginia 25305
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State, territory, and insular area departments of transportation in the United States
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helps to develop and market ports and intermodal facilities in the state.
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helps to develop and fund air infrastructure projects in West Virginia.
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State departments of transportation of the United States
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was created in 2022 and is tasked with operating the
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responsible for transportation in the U.S. state of
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West Virginia State Rail Authority

West Virginia
www.transportation.wv.gov
state agency
West Virginia
Charleston

West Virginia Turnpike
Interstate 77
Charleston
Princeton
U.S. Route 35
Mon-Fayette Expressway
Joe Manchin
Tamarack, Best of West Virginia
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Commerce
South Branch Valley Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Green Spring
Petersburg
West Virginia Central Railroad
Elkins
Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
MARC
Eastern Panhandle
railbank
public transit
"West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles"

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