West Virginia Route 44

West Virginia Route 44
West Virginia Route 44
Jerry West Highway
Route information
	Maintained by WVDOH
Length	16.8 mi (27.0 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 52 near Mountain View
North end	WV 73 in Logan
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Logan
Highway system
	West Virginia State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

West Virginia Route 44 is a north–south state highway located within Logan County, West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 52 one mile south of Mountain View. The northern terminus is at West Virginia Route 73 in Logan. It is marked as the Jerry West Highway after the basketball player who had jersey 44.

Route description

West Virginia Route 44 begins traveling northward from its southern terminus at The King Coal Highway (US 52 near the Logan-Mingo county line). Like many other highways in West Virginia, the road curves a lot and is very hilly because of the Appalachian Mountains throughout the state. The route travels mainly north for 16.8 miles before meeting its northern terminus at WV 73 just south of Logan, which is the county seat of Logan County and the only city in the county by definition. WV 44 passes through many small communities on its short route. From south to north, the highway passes through the CDP of Sarah Ann, the unincorporated community of Stirrat, the CDPs of Omar, Chauncey, Switzer, Rossmore, and Monaville, the unincorporated community of Wilkinson, and the CDP of Mount Gay-Shamrock where it meets its northern terminus. It also passes just east of the unincorporated community of Barnabus.

History

WV 44 was once part of U.S. Route 119.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Mingo		US 52 north (King Coal Highway) / CR 8 (Beech Creek Road) – Williamson	Southern terminus; south end of US 52 overlap
Mingo	Mountain View	US 52 south / CR 252/57 (Old US 52) – Williamson, Welch	north end of US 52 overlap
Logan	Mount Gay-Shamrock	WV 73 / CR 18 (Holden Road) to US 119 – Charleston, Holden, Logan	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus