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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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Which one of the following major transportation routes did NOT pass through Wheeling?
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Which one of the following railroads did not extend into the heart of southern West Virginia's coalfields?
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Lemuel Chenoweth is best remembered for what type of construction?
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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Where is the last operating river ferry 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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Where did James Rumsey successfully test his new steam engine-driven boat on December 3, 1787?
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William Nelson Page directed the building of this railroad
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