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Started by logan230, October 16, 2014, 05:42:37 PM

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sbeaver44

Quote from: hbelkins on April 14, 2020, 01:53:12 PM
Quote from: sbeaver44 on April 14, 2020, 11:42:35 AM
Corridor D is absolutely on my short list of post-COVID roadtrips.

I have done Corridors H and L in WV (minus the US 19 connector to the Turnpike)

I don't know if I've come across an ADHS Corridor I didn't like

You might not like some of the ones in Tennessee and Kentucky. Many of them are conventional improved two-lane roads -- think "super-2" but with normal at-grade intersections. And from what I gather, the US 119 connection across Pine Mountain will never be built.

As for the ones you mention, Corridor D becomes much less interesting after you cross US 62 going west.
I've done all of KY 9 (while not an ADHS) and loved it.

Also did Corridor G between WV and Corridor B, and Corridor B down the whole way from Pikeville to Asheville.  I wanted to see the Pikeville Cut Through and the downtown area of Pikeville too.
Pikeville was really awesome, and B is great.  Not quite Sheetz but I did like Double Kwik.

Yeah I've been very curious about some other KY roads.  Your state is beautiful.  Just not as close a drive to Harrisburg, PA!


hbelkins

Quote from: sbeaver44 on April 14, 2020, 02:21:12 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 14, 2020, 01:53:12 PM
Quote from: sbeaver44 on April 14, 2020, 11:42:35 AM
Corridor D is absolutely on my short list of post-COVID roadtrips.

I have done Corridors H and L in WV (minus the US 19 connector to the Turnpike)

I don't know if I've come across an ADHS Corridor I didn't like

You might not like some of the ones in Tennessee and Kentucky. Many of them are conventional improved two-lane roads -- think "super-2" but with normal at-grade intersections. And from what I gather, the US 119 connection across Pine Mountain will never be built.

As for the ones you mention, Corridor D becomes much less interesting after you cross US 62 going west.
I've done all of KY 9 (while not an ADHS) and loved it.

Also did Corridor G between WV and Corridor B, and Corridor B down the whole way from Pikeville to Asheville.  I wanted to see the Pikeville Cut Through and the downtown area of Pikeville too.
Pikeville was really awesome, and B is great.  Not quite Sheetz but I did like Double Kwik.

Yeah I've been very curious about some other KY roads.  Your state is beautiful.  Just not as close a drive to Harrisburg, PA!

Double Kwik's are hit and miss. Some are great with an expansive hot food bar. Others have less of a selection. I'm on the northern fringe of DK territory. The one in Jackson, where I work, doesn't have a big menu. There's a new one in West Liberty that has a lot more in the way of food.

If you want to take a virtual drive on Kentucky's highways, visit http://maps.kytc.ky.gov/photolog/?config=Photolog&x1=5114935.959483551&y1=3868453.589951066&x2=5427435.959483551&y2=3971969.214951066&MODE=PL. That's the state photo viewer, and it's better than Google Street View because the images are typically updated every year, there's a "play" function, and you can speed up the playback for a faster trip.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

sbeaver44

The Double Kwik I went to was on the SE side of Pikeville where KY 1426 meets KY 1460

Ah, thanks for the KY roads link.  Similar to PennDOT's VideoLog I imagine.

ibthebigd

Not trying to get off topic but I don't get why Kentucky doesn't have Sheetz or Casey's.

SM-G950U


SP Cook

Sheetz seems to have found a market along a north - south corridor and its distribution system seems set up for that.  It has not yet gone into southern Ohio or Kentucky, which would be a different market with different competitors, vendors, and media.


hbelkins

Quote from: SP Cook on April 15, 2020, 12:27:30 PM
Sheetz seems to have found a market along a north - south corridor and its distribution system seems set up for that.  It has not yet gone into southern Ohio or Kentucky, which would be a different market with different competitors, vendors, and media.

It's been a few years, but on a stop at the Sheetz at the Milton exit, one of the employees there told me that they were looking into expanding into Kentucky, but there were some taxation hurdles at that time. But I've also mentioned the fact that I saw a Sheetz gas tanker pull out of the Catlettsburg refinery onto US 23 and I followed it onto I-64 eastbound into West Virginia, so who knows what might happen? Sheetz's competition in eastern Kentucky (and southern Ohio) would mostly be Speedway. They seem to be doing well along the I-64 corridor competing with Speedway and GoMart. I can see Sheetz in Morehead, Grayson, Louisa, Maysville, Ashland/Greenup County area, and even Paintsville, Prstonsburg, Pikeville, and into southwestern Virginia (Wise/Norton area) and in Ironton, South Point, Portsmouth and Chillicothe, and probably Jackson, Athens, Gallipolis, and some other locations along the major four-lane routes.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

hbelkins



Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

SP Cook

Around here, Marathon brand is what Marathon puts on independently owned conv. stores with gasoline, which, of course, vary from place to place and are often kinda sketchy.  Speedway brand are all corporately owned and more or less all the same.  The Marathon down the road from me is the kind of place that sells items (porn, parlay cards (although sports gambling is legal via cell phones here now), rolling papers, bootleg music, knock-off cologne, etc) that corporate stores generally don't carry.

GCrites

Yeah, I don't know if Speedway is going to get into that stuff even though there clearly is demand for it.

froggie

Bitmapped posted this on Twitter...it's from a development website that suggests the I-79 interchanges at Exits 153 and 155 in Morgantown would be reconfigured into DDIs:

https://twitter.com/bitmapped/status/1272784680291622914

rickmastfan67

Wow, they honestly just built Exit #153 and they want to reconfigure it already?? What a waste of money.......  I can understand #155, but not #153.

Bitmapped

Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 16, 2020, 07:01:36 PM
Wow, they honestly just built Exit #153 and they want to reconfigure it already?? What a waste of money.......  I can understand #155, but not #153.

DOH is claiming that they underestimated the traffic expected to come from the new Westridge development when designing Exit #153. This project was funded by a TIF district, which is also apparently going to pay for the reconstruction. I'm skeptical that the project is really going to generate that much traffic within a foreseeable timeframe.

The Exit #155 work is supposed to be funded by the state's Roads to Prosperity bond issues. DOH has been secretive about what they're actually planning here (even design engineers in the district didn't know when I asked). The existing interchange is unsignalized and has problems with traffic backing up turning left off I-79 both northbound and southbound during rush hour, but I'm not sure eliminating the free flowing movements between the east and south with a diverging diamond are a good fix.

seicer

Part of the issue is the terrain. The poor side roads and the lack of connecting and secondary roads puts all of the traffic into the interchanges.

SP Cook


2trailertrucker

Quote from: SP Cook on June 17, 2020, 02:45:29 PM
https://www.facebook.com/WVDOT/videos/965218073939088

US 35 update.  Project manager in the video is a buddy of mine. 

Are they staying with the October 2020 completion date or, as they say in the video, has that been pushed back to 2021?

SP Cook

Early 21. Goal was before election day 20, but they got behind schedule.  Depending on the weather it should be very early in spring 21.

SP Cook

https://www.wsaz.com/2020/08/26/i-64-widening-project-details-presented/

Work finally starting on the long delayed 6 lane expansion of I-64 between St. Albans and Nitro exits.  Currently a major bottleneck, when completed 64 will be 6 lane from its junction with I-77 at MP 59 to Exit 39.  Eventual plan is a 6 lane upgrade for the entire route to Huntington. 

Buck87

I was on OH 7 along the river this week and noticed the Wellsburg-Brilliant bridge is coming along nicely. The arched bridge itself is being constructed on the WV side upriver from the site it will later be floated to on barges. The foundation and piers look to be mostly done on the Ohio side, and there's some Brilliant connector road construction underway as well.

SP Cook


cpzilliacus

#170
Quote from: SP Cook on October 21, 2020, 11:26:01 AM
US 522 upgrade.  Bypass of Berkeley Springs.

https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/gov-justice-approves-award-for-u-s-522-bypass-project/article_af4be216-c061-547b-b2be-9b339260b773.html

Good stuff.  Clearly needed, IMO not because the U.S. 522 traffic across Morgan County is usually that bad, but because a lot of trucks go this way instead of taking I-70 and I-81 to get from Hancock, Maryland to Winchester, Virginia - this project will remove most of those truck trips from the "downtown" area of Berkeley Springs, including the area around the state park that includes the mineral springs.
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hbelkins

Nearly $60 million for construction. Sounds awfully expensive, given the terrain of the area (especially as compared to the rest of the state.)


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

Dirt Roads

Quote from: SP Cook on October 21, 2020, 11:26:01 AM
US 522 upgrade.  Bypass of Berkeley Springs.

https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/gov-justice-approves-award-for-u-s-522-bypass-project/article_af4be216-c061-547b-b2be-9b339260b773.html

Am I correct that this is not a complete bypass for US-522, but just the southeast leg to Martinsburg Road (WV-9) plus an extension to Fairfax Street?  Martinsburg Road in downtown will not be useful for north-south truck traffic, and Fairfax Street is not going to be able to handle US-522 traffic volumes.  Just knowing West Virginia's financial situation, it will be very difficult to complete the rest of the bypass anytime soon.

famartin

Quote from: Dirt Roads on October 21, 2020, 06:22:18 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on October 21, 2020, 11:26:01 AM
US 522 upgrade.  Bypass of Berkeley Springs.

https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/gov-justice-approves-award-for-u-s-522-bypass-project/article_af4be216-c061-547b-b2be-9b339260b773.html

Am I correct that this is not a complete bypass for US-522, but just the southeast leg to Martinsburg Road (WV-9) plus an extension to Fairfax Street?  Martinsburg Road in downtown will not be useful for north-south truck traffic, and Fairfax Street is not going to be able to handle US-522 traffic volumes.  Just knowing West Virginia's financial situation, it will be very difficult to complete the rest of the bypass anytime soon.

Apparently...
https://www.morganmessenger.com/2020/08/05/522-bypass-project-now-out-to-bid/

BrianP

The article says the rest of the bypass will be built as a separate project:
Quote"The remaining 1 mile of the bypass will be part of a Design Build project that is currently on the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and is slated to begin construction next year,"  state documents say.



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