West Virginia Route 3

For the former WV 3, see West Virginia Route 3 (1920s).

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.

West Virginia Route 3
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	186.0 mi[1] (299.3 km)
Existed	Early 1930s–present
Major junctions
West end	WV 10 in West Hamlin
Major intersections	US 119 between Julian and Danville I-64 Toll / I-77 Toll near Beckley WV 16 in Beckley US 19 between Beckley and Shady Spring WV 20 near Hinton US 219 in Union
East end	WV 311 at Sweet Springs
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe
Highway system
West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← 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.

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.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lincoln	West Hamlin			WV 10
	​			WV 34 north – Hurricane
	Yawkey			WV 214 north
Boone	Julian			US 119 north – Charleston	west end of US 119 overlap
	Rock Creek			US 119 south / CR 119/65 (Skeens Drive) – Madison, Logan	east end of US 119 overlap
	Racine			WV 94 north – Charleston
Raleigh	Glen Daniel			WV 99 west – Oceana, Madison
	​			WV 305 south – Lester
	Beckley			I-64 / I-77 – Charleston, Bluefield, Lewisburg	I-77 exit 44
				WV 16 (Robert C. Byrd Drive) to I-77 / US 19 – Bradley	overlap with WV 16 north (westbound only)
				US 19 north to I-64	west end of US 19 overlap
	Beaver			WV 307 east to I-64 – Airport
	​			WV 307 west
	Shady Spring			US 19 south – Princeton	east end of US 19 overlap
Summers	​			WV 20 north to I-64 – Hinton	west end of WV 20 overlap
	​			WV 20 south – Athens	east end of WV 20 overlap
	Hinton			WV 107 north – Hinton
	​			WV 12 south – Peterstown	west end of WV 12 overlap
Greenbrier	Alderson			WV 12 north to I-64 / WV 63 – Alta	east end of WV 12 overlap
Monroe	Pickaway			US 219 north – Lewisburg	west end of US 219 overlap
	Union			US 219 south – Rich Creek, VA	east end of US 219 overlap
	Sweet Springs			WV 311 – White Sulphur Springs, Salem, VA
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus