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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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Where does the song say that John Henry, West Virginia's famous steel driver, defeated the steam drill?
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Which is the only Appalachian Corridor highway that has not been completed?
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Which one of the following is still a major railroad carrier 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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How many miles of the James River & Kanawha Canal were in present-day West Virginia?
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Locks and dams on this river allowed for some of the earliest commercial coal mining in present-day West Virginia.
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This important railroad was also known as the Deepwater.
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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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