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  • Twenty-seven percent of West Virginia’s major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.

  • West Virginia has the nation’s highest share of licensed drivers in total state population.

  • West Virginia has a present population of 1.8 million people that own 1.3 million vehicles.

  • There are approximately 38,900 miles of roads; 21,000 of these highway miles are paved.

  • Vehicle miles of travel in West Virginia increased 79 percent between 1980 and 2000, increasing from 11 billion to 19 billion miles.

  • Vehicle miles of travel are expected to increase another 37 percent to 26 billion miles by 2025.

  • Despite its relatively small size, West Virginia maintains the sixth largest network of state roads in the nation.

  • West Virginia is only one of four states (the other states are Delaware, North Carolina, and Virginia) having jurisdiction over both state and county roads.

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