Division of Highways
The Division of Highways is responsible for planning, engineering, right-of-ways acquisition, construction, reconstruction, traffic regulation and maintenance of more than 35,000 miles of state roads. Additional duties include highway research, outdoor advertising contiguous to state roads, roadside development, safety and weight enforcement and dissemination of highway information.
Traversing mountains, valleys, wild rivers and rolling countryside, the roadways maintained by the Division of Highways include:
- 38,646 miles of public roads (2011 Public Certified Mileage)
- 35,896 miles of state owned highways, 88 miles of West Virginia Turnpike, 835 miles of federally owned roads and 2,908 miles of municipally owned roads
- 549 miles of State owned Interstate Highway
- 1,818 miles included in the National Highway System, 23 miles of which are connectors to other modes of transportation such as airports, trains and buses
- 6,800 bridges of which 32 percent are more than 100 feet in length
- 1 All American Road, 5 National Byways, 14 State Byways and 8 Backways.
The more than 4,800 men and women of the Division of Highways (DOH) are proud to preserve the quality and integrity of this world-class mountain transportation system.