Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-07-10


ditions Of all West Virginia
roads. Together, the five forms
a complete road guide of the
r. state.
CHARLESTON, W. VA. July End
Official announcement of conditions
on all state routes in Division No.
is made public today by the State
Road Commission. Division includ-
es Boone Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier,
Kanawha Monroe, Summers Nicho-
las, Pochantas and Raleigh counties
Mr.. H. R. Anderson is division eng
ineer, with headquarters in Charles
ton. The report follow:
! Route No. 2 From Logan county
line at Clothier four and two tenths
miles to Romage earth road in good
condition; detour at Ramage by way
of Six Mile Creek and Turtle Greek
to Danville, twelve miles of earth
road in fair condition thence over
graded road in good condition via
Forster 'Peytona and Racine to the
Kanawha county line, sixteen miles
thence to Marmet over seven miles
of earth road under construction,
rough but passable thence to Kama
wha City, earth road, good condit-
ion; thence via paved road to G g.. O.
station at Charleston cross bridge to
/ Charleston; thence over ten miles
paved via Sissonville to Pacataligo;
detour half mile south of Pocataligo
by way of Derrick Creek and Allen
Fork to Kanawha-Jackson county
line. ten miles of narrow earth road
! in poor condition, but passable.
Route No. 3-From Putnam county
line through Charleston to Cedar
Grove, thirty-two miles of paved road
ferry to East Bank; thence to Mont
gomery, nine miles partly paved, in
good condition, cross bridge to Can
melton; thence by paved road to Glen
Ferris, nine miles, ferry to Kanawha
Falls; thence via Fayetteville to Fay
cite Station, eighteen miles paved
road thence via Lansing to Spy
Rock over earth road in fair condi-
ton; thence to Lookout, to Clifftop,
over paved road; detour at Clifftop
to Pittman, Danese, Springdale, Daw
son, Blue Sulphur Springs and As
bury to Midland Trail, two miles west
of Lewisburg this detour is 35 miles
long over old earth road in poor con-
dition, but passable in dry weather;
thence to Lewisburg to White Sui
phur Springs to Virginia line sixteen
miles paved road.
Route No. 4-From Flat Top at
Raleigh Mercer county line, four
and two tenths miles toward Shady
Spring under construction and closed;
detour at Flat Top to East to Mount
View, in fair condition; thence back
to main road, three miles south of
Shady Spring; thence by paved
road to Beckley, Mount Hope, Fay
etteville, Kanauha Falls; cross river
by> ferry; thence to Gauley Bridge,
paved; from Garley Bridge, via Bel
va, Swiss, to Lockwood, earth road
under construction; thence to Sum-
mersville over earth road under con-
struction, rough but passable; thence
to the Braxton county line, earth
road in fair condition.
Clay NCourt House three and twoshr
land, twenty miles of earth road in
fair condition; from Hartland to
CLAY Court House, three and two
tenths miles graded earth road, good
condition; from Clay Court House to
Dundo, to Groves, to Villa Nova,
twenty-five miles narrod road, IN
good Qondition; it is necessary to
Elk River alb Hartland, and this can
not be done unless river is low.
Route No. 14.-From Charleston to
Big Chimney, six miles of good dirt
road; detour at Big Chimney, cross
ing Elk River and taking road up the
river to Jarretts Ford, re-crossing
Elk River to Elk View, five miles of
good dirt road; detour at Elk View
by way of Wills Creek and Gabes
Creek to Route IA at the RoaneKan- |
awha county line, fourteen miles Of
narrow, very rough road. To go to
Clendenin, five miles of paved road.
Route No. 19-From Route No. 2
at the Charleston city limits on the
four miles of paved road
and seven miles of dirt road in good
shape, by way of Little Tyler Noun
tain to Fry, to the Kanawha- Putnam
county line.
Route. No. 21-From Route No. 4
at Shady Springs to Jumping Branch
to Hinton, to Pence Springs, to AL |
derson, to Ronceverte. Detour be-
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