Former West Virginia Route 73 was a two lane predecessor of modern day Interstate's 68 and 79 from US 50 Bridgeport north through Fairmont through Morgantown and then heading east to Bruceton Mills and ending at WV Route 26.  This route was killed sometime between 1974 and 1983.  Route 73 was demoted to county route status but held on to the 'Route 73' designation and there are many signed remnants of the prior designation left along the former corridor.   The route 73 designation would come to life again in the 1990s as a connecting highway from Logan to US 119 (Corridor G) in Southwest West Virginia.


(Doug Kerr)

On US 119 outside of Morgantown, the old route is noted on overhead guide signs.  WV 73 was multiplexed with US 119 through downtown Morgantown to the point in the photograph above.


(H.B. Elkins)

In Fairmont, County Route 73/73 notes an old alignment of Route 73.  Many old alignments of Route 73 are signed as such.

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    • Page Created: May 30, 2005
    Last Updated: May 30, 2005

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