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Which was the last Interstate highway completed in West Virginia?
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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 major railroad was completed on December 24, 1852?
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The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad was an important coal and timber line in this county.
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What animal was the mascot of the Chessie System of railroads?
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Where is the last operating river ferry in West Virginia?
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What is today's successor to the old N&W Railway?
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What was the United States' first commercial railroad?
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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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When it opened in 1849, this was the longest clear-span bridge in the world.
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