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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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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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Which major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
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Which one of these cities was NOT located along the line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway?
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During the Civil War, "Stonewall" Jackson burned down the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops in this city.
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Which road today follows the approximate path of the National Road?
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What is today's successor to the old N&W Railway?
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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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Which one of these rivers did NOT follow the path of the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway?
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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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