West Virginia Route 29

West Virginia Route 29
Route information
	Maintained by WVDOH
Length	69.3 mi[1] (111.5 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 48 / WV 55 / WV 259 in Baker
	US 50 concurrent near Pleasant Dale; WV 127 at Forks of Cacapon
North end	WV 9 near Paw Paw
Location
Counties	Hardy, Hampshire
Highway system

West Virginia Route 29 is a north–south state highway located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 55 and West Virginia Route 259 (Corridor H) in Baker, Hardy County. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 9 three miles (5 km) south of Paw Paw in Hampshire County.

Route description

View north along WV 29 at US 48/WV 55/WV 259 in Baker

View north along WV 29 near Sedan

From Rio to Hanging Rock, WV 29 is named Delray Road for the community of Delray. This stretch was formerly known as North River Road (County Route 11) for the river it parallels. From Hanging Rock to the Augusta WV 29 wye fork, WV 29 runs concurrent with U.S. Route 50 and is referred to as the Northwestern Turnpike. From the Augusta WV 29 wye fork to the Forks of Cacapon West Virginia Route 127 wye fork, WV 29 is named the Bloomery Pike for Bloomery on WV 127. This route was known as the Martinsburg Grade.

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Hardy	Baker	US 48 / WV 55 / WV 259 – Wardensville, Mathias, Moorefield	interchange
Hampshire		US 50 east – Winchester, VA	south end of US 50 overlap
		US 50 west – Romney	north end of US 50 overlap
		WV 127 east to US 522
		WV 9 – Paw Paw, Berkeley Springs
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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