WV 47
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From: Parkersburg (Wood County)
To: Linn (Gilmer County)
Total Length: 62.2 miles  
ROUTE LOG
WV 618: 0 - 0
US 50: 0.8 - 0.8
I-77 (exit 174): 2.0 - 2.8
Ritchie-Wood Line: 18.3 - 21.1
WV 53: 3.8 - 24.9
WV 16 NB: 12.4 - 37.3
WV 16 SB: 0.1 - 37.4
Gilmer-Ritchie Line: 12.4 - 49.8
WV 74: 4.9 - 54.7
WV 18: 4.0 - 58.7
US 33, US 119: 3.5 - 62.2
Creation: Appeared 1928 (WVDOT annual report) as new primary routing running from US 50 (now WV 618) Parkersburg to WV 11 east of Cisco. This is the 2nd WV 47.

1922 Official
WV 11 out of Elizabeth
1922 Official
1931 Official
WV 53 out of Elizabeth
1931 Official

Adjustments: Between 1929-31, WV 47 was extended east replacing WV 11 to end at WV 18 Troy.
In 1936 or 1937, WV 47 was removed from CR 47/17 Kanawha River Rd through Kanawha Station and also from CR 47/20 Oxbow Rd through Oxbow
Between 1938-46, WV 47 was extended east replacing WV 18 from Troy to US 33-119 Linn.
Also between 1938-46, WV 47 was rebuilt onto new alignments east out of Parkersburg and was removed from CR 47/18 Baltimore St, CR 47/19 Golden St, CR 47/20 (now cutoff by I-77), CR 47/21 Cedar Grove Rd, CR 47/22 Old Turnpike Rd, CR 47/23 Old State 47, CR 47/24 Staunton Pike, and CR 47/25 Old State 47

1935 Gilmer County
WV 18 from Troy to Linn
1935 Gilmer County
1946 Gilmer County
WV 47 replaces WV 18 to Linn
1946 Gilmer County

Improvements: By 1935, WV 47 was paved from Parkersburg to Kanawha Station and from Smithville to Burnt House
The remainder of WV 47 was paved by 1946; no multilane segmetns on WV 47
Comment: Main way to get from Weston to Parkersburg

Previous WV 47's:

1930 ROUTE LOG
WV 9: 0 - 0
US 11: 25 - 25
WV 47 #1: Appeared 1922 as new primary routing running from WV 9 (Union at Wilkes) Berkeley Springs southeast to WV 52 (now US 11) Martinsburg.
Between 1929-31, WV 47 was renumbered as part of WV 9. Today it is still WV 9 except Wilkes/Fairfax Sts in Berkeley Springs; CR 11/24 Warm Springs Ave in Martinsburg

1922 Official
WV 47 from Berkeley Springs to Martinsburg
1922 Official
1932 Official
WV 9 replaces WV 47
1932 Official


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