West Virginia Route 3

West Virginia Route 3 marker
West Virginia Route 3
Map
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length186.0 mi[1] (299.3 km)
ExistedEarly 1930s–present
Major junctions
West end WV 10 in West Hamlin
Major intersections
East end WV 311 at Sweet Springs
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesLincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe
Highway system
WV 2 WV 4
View east along WV 3 just east of US 119 in Boone County
WV 3 crosses the New River at Bellepoint.

West Virginia Route 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from West Virginia Route 10 in West Hamlin in a general easterly direction via Beckley to West Virginia Route 311 at Sweet Springs, most of the way across the state.

Route 3 crosses a particularly large part of the state's landscape. It goes through many counties including Monroe, Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Boone, and Lincoln. At least two state parks are along the route. Moncove Lake State Park, in the southeastern part of the state, is just a few miles off the main road near Gap Mills. Little Beaver State Park is in Beaver, near the major city of Beckley.[2]

WV 3 overlaps U.S. Route 119 in Boone County north of Madison and U.S. Route 219 from Union north to Pickaway.

  1. ^ Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
  2. ^ West Virginia State Map, Rand McNally, 2008.