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Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?
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In 1873, company officials drove the last spike at Hawks Nest, completing this major railroad.
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What rail service was created when Congress passed the 1970 National Passenger Railroad Act
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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Where is the oldest bridge in West Virginia?
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The Northwestern Railroad was opened to this Ohio River city in 1857.
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In what city was the Norwalk car made from 1912 to 1922?
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Of the six turnpikes chartered in present West Virginia by Virginia before the Civil War, how many were built?
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This road that opened in 1954 later became part of both I-64 and I-77.
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