page_title: Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Berkeley Springs, West Virginia / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: View north along U.S. Route 522 and west along West Virginia State Route 9 (Washington Street) between Market Street and Warren Street in Berkeley Springs (Bath), Morgan County, West Virginia
context_page_description: Berkeley Springs is a town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States, in the state's Eastern Panhandle. In 1776, the Virginia Legislature incorporated a town around the springs and named it Bath. Since 1802, it has been referred to by the name of its original Virginia post office, Berkeley Springs. The population of the town was 800. The town is located within the Hagerstown–Martinsburg, MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Berkeley Springs is a sister city to Bath, Somerset, England.
  The area contains mineral water springs that were frequented by Native Americans indigenous to the area, possibly for thousands of years. After settlement by Europeans, the mineral springs drew many visitors from urban areas. Notable colonial visitors to the area included George Washington and James Rumsey. Berkeley Springs remained a popular resort area during the early years of the United States. It is the home of the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, the longest running and largest such event in the world. And a more "Local" Tradition is the famed Apple Butter Festival, started by a group of local business owners in 1974, celebrating its 47th year in 2020.
context_section_description: Two main highways serve Berkeley Springs. The most prominent of these is U.S. Route 522. US 522 traverses the region in a general north-northeast to south-southwest direction. To the north, US 522 connects Berkeley Springs to Interstate 70 and Interstate 68 near Hancock, Maryland, while heading south provides a connection to Interstate 81 near Winchester, Virginia. The other primary highway serving Berkeley Springs is West Virginia Route 9, which is oriented in a general northwest-to-southeast alignment. WV 9 heads westward to Paw Paw and continues east to Martinsburg.
caption: US 522 and WV 9 run concurrently for a short stretch in central Berkeley Springs
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