West Virginia Route 5

West Virginia Route 5
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	71.6 mi[1] (115.2 km)
Major junctions
West end	WV 14 in Elizabeth
Major intersections	WV 16 in Grantsville US 33 / US 119 in Glenville I-79 in Burnsville
East end	US 19 / WV 4 in Heaters
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Wirt, Calhoun, Gilmer, Braxton
Highway system
West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 4 → WV 6

West Virginia Route 5 is an east–west state highway located in northwest West Virginia. The western terminus is at West Virginia Route 14 in Elizabeth, Wirt County. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 and West Virginia Route 4 in Heaters, Braxton County four miles (6 km) north of Interstate 79 exit 67. Almost all of WV 5 parallels the Little Kanawha River.

Originally, the eastern terminus began 4.4 miles (7.1 km) further north along US 19/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.