| Former WV Route 59 is a sleepy mountain road that
ran from Lost City east through George Washington National Forest to the
Virginia State Line. WV 59 was unique that much of its route was
unpaved. (As detailed in the 1987 map at right.) WV
59 would be decommissioned after 1993. Maps as late as the 2007 Rand
McNally incorrectly show WV 59 existing. Even the 2004
WVDOT Hardy County Map still shows WV 59 as active. Today, the
former WV 59 can be traced by following Hardy County Route 59 from WV 259
in Lost City.
Later, maps in the early 1990s would show that the entire route was paved; however, those maps would be incorrect as much of the highway is still unpaved. After the first three miles east, the former WV 59 turns from a paved route to a one lane gravel highway all the way to the Virginia border. |
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