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07 Nov

Voters approved Better Highways Amendment

West Virginia's interstate highway system originally consisted of six separate federal expressways totaling 515 miles and constructed over 31 years. Begun in 1957, the network was completed in 1988 at a cost of nearly $2.8 billion. It was expanded...

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