West Virginia Route 16

West Virginia Route 16
West Virginia Route 16
Route information
	Maintained by WVDOH
Length	252.9 mi (407.0 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR 16 in Bishop
	US 52 in Welch; WV 10 near Pineville; I-64 / I-77 near Beckley; US 19 in Oak Hill; US 60 in Gauley Bridge; I-79 near Big Chimney; US 33 / US 119 near Arnoldsburg; US 50 near Ellenboro;
North end	WV 2 in St. Marys
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Clay, Calhoun, Ritchie, Pleasants
Highway system
	West Virginia State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

West Virginia Route 16 (WV 16) is a north–south route located in the U.S. State of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at the Virginia state line in Bishop, McDowell County, where the route continues south as Virginia State Route 16. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 2 in St. Marys, Pleasants County, on the south bank of the Ohio River. WV 16 continues as a same-numbered route into Virginia and North Carolina, ultimately ending in Waxhaw, south of Charlotte and just north of the South Carolina border. The total length of highway is just under 475 miles (764 km) long.

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
McDowell	Bishop	SR 16 south – Tazewell, Marion, Mouth of Wilson	Continuation from Virginia
	Bishop	WV 161 north – Anawalt
		WV 83 west – Bradshaw
	Welch	US 52 north – Iaeger, Williamson	south end of US 52 overlap
		US 52 south / WV 103 east – Bluefield, Gary	north end of US 52 overlap; south end of US 52 Alt. overlap
		US 52 Alt. south (Elkhorn Street)	north end of US 52 Alt. overlap
Wyoming	Pineville	WV 10 north to WV 97 – Pineville, Twin Falls Resort State Park	south end of WV 10 overlap
		WV 10 south – Princeton	north end of WV 10 overlap
	Mullens	WV 54 north – Beckley, Twin Falls Resort State Park
Raleigh		WV 54 south / WV 97 west – Mullens	south end of WV 97 overlap
		WV 121 south (local traffic only) / WV 54 south – Mullens	interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	MacArthur	I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield	I-77 exit 42; north end of WV 97 overlap
	Mabscott	Mabscott	interchange
	Beckley	Walker Avenue	interchange; southbound access only
		To WV 3 east / Central Avenue	south end of WV 3 west overlap (northbound only)
		WV 3 east (Neville Street) – Downtown Beckley
		WV 3 west (Prince Street / Harper Road) to I-77	north end of WV 3 west overlap (northbound only)
		WV 210 south (North Kanawha Street)
		US 19 south (Eisenhower Drive) / CR 8 (Ragland Road)	south end of US 19 overlap
		US 19 north to I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Oak Hill, Summersville	interchange; north end of US 19 overlap
	Bradley	To US 19
Fayette	Mount Hope	WV 211 north – Downtown Mount Hope
		WV 61 south – Prince	south end of WV 61 overlap
		WV 211 south – Downtown Mount Hope
		To US 19
	Oak Hill	US 19 south – Beckley	south end of US 19 overlap
		US 19 north / CR 18 (Pea Ridge Road) – Summersville	interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; north end of US 19 overlap
		WV 61 north – Montgomery	north end of WV 61 overlap
		US 19 – Summersville, Beckley	interchange
		CR 21/18 (Lochgelly Road) to US 19 – Beckley, Summersville
	Fayetteville	US 19 – Beckley, Summersville
	Chimney Corner	US 60 east – Rainelle, Hawks Nest State Park	south end of US 60 overlap
	Gauley Bridge	US 60 west – Charleston	north end of US 60 overlap; south end of WV 39 overlap
	Belva	WV 39 east – Summersville	north end of WV 39 overlap
Clay	Clay	WV 4 south – Clendenin	south end of WV 4 overlap
		WV 4 north – Sutton	north end of WV 4 overlap
		I-79 – Charleston, Clarksburg	I-79 exit 40
Calhoun		US 33 west / US 119 south – Spencer	south end of US 33 / US 119 overlap
	Millstone	US 33 east / US 119 north – Weston, Glenville	north end of US 33 / US 119 overlap
	Grantsville	WV 5 – Elizabeth, Glenville
Ritchie	Smithville	WV 47 east – Weston	south end of WV 47 overlap
	Smithville	WV 47 west – Parkersburg	north end of WV 47 overlap
	Harrisville	WV 31 (Main Street) – Cairo, North Bend State Park
	Ellenboro	US 50 – Parkersburg, Clarksburg	interchange
Pleasants	St. Marys	WV 2 – Parkersburg, Wheeling
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus