Interstate 77 in West Virginia

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Interstate 77
I-77 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH and WVPA
Length	187.21 mi[1] (301.29 km)
Existed	1956–present
History	Completed in 1988
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-77 / US 52 at Virginia state line
Major intersections	US 460 near Princeton I-64 from Beckley to Charleston WV 16 / WV 97 at Beckley US 19 near Beckley US 60 at Charleston I-79 near Charleston US 33 from Ripley to Ravenswood WV 2 from Ravenswood to Parkersburg US 50 at Parkersburg
North end	I-77 at Ohio state line at the Marietta-Williamstown Interstate Bridge
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette, Kanawha, Jackson, Wood
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 76 → WV 78

Interstate 77 (I-77) in the US state of West Virginia is a major north–south Interstate Highway. It extends for 187.21 miles (301.29 km) between Bluefield at the Virginia state line and Williamstown at the Ohio state line.

The highway serves Charleston, the capital and largest city in West Virginia; it also serves the cities of Princeton, Beckley, and Parkersburg. I-77 follows the entire length of the West Virginia Turnpike, a toll road that runs between Princeton and Charleston, and it runs concurrently with I-64 between Beckley and Charleston.

Historically, the West Virginia Turnpike was a two-lane road with treacherous curves and a tunnel (which has since been decommissioned). Construction began in 1952, several years before the Interstate Highway System was funded. It was only in 1987 that the entire length of the turnpike was upgraded to Interstate standards. Due to the difficulty and lives lost in construction, it has been called "88 miles of miracle".^[2]