West Virginia Route 5 is an east–west
state highway
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located in northwest
West Virginia
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. The western terminus is at
West Virginia Route 14
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in
Elizabeth
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,
Wirt County
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. The eastern terminus is at
U.S. Route 19
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and
West Virginia Route 4
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in
Heaters
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,
Braxton County
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four miles (6 km) north of
Interstate 79
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exit 67. Almost all of WV 5 parallels the
Little Kanawha River
The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long,Gilchrist-Stalnaker, Joy Gregoire. 2006. "Little Kanawha River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Vir ...
.
Originally, the eastern terminus began further north along
US 19
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/
WV 4 at
Napier, but this part of the route became one of West Virginia's unused highways when it was closed in the mid-1970s to make way for
Burnsville Lake
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.
Major intersections
References
005
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