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1
Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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  3. C.
  4. D.
2
Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
3
Which one of the following is still a major railroad carrier in West Virginia?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
4
The old James River & Kanawha Turnpike became what road?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
5
The construction of a 4,100-foot tunnel in this county allowed the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to be completed.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
6
Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
7
The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) commuter system is located on which campus?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
8
Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
9
This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.

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