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Constitutional amendments approved by West Virginia voters in 1920 and 1928 led to this development.
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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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Where was the last spike driven to complete the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio River?
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Bridge Day celebrates which famous West Virginia highway span?
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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Which leading industrialist built the Coal & Coke Railway from Charleston to Gassaway?
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Which two counties did the Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pass through?
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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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The Northwestern Virginia Turnpike later became part of this road.
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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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