The Turnpike portion of the combination envisioned by Washington remained a major roadway much longer, and was only supplanted by the completion of
Interstate 64 (I-64) in 1988. Much of the route of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike through
West Virginia is today the
Midland Trail, a
National Scenic Byway, and is signed as
U.S. Route 60 (US 60). Ironically, while the historic road was long a
turnpike financed through collection of tolls, today it is a toll-free favorite of
shunpikers seeking either an avoidance of tolls on the
West Virginia Turnpike, a scenic and
bucolic interlude, or both. The name of the roadway is now held by the Kanawha Turnpike, an
outer road running parallel to I-64 and Route 60. The road sprouts off US 60 in
Charleston, has an intersection with
West Virginia Route 601 (WV 601) and separates in the Spring Hill neighborhood of
South Charleston. The road then continues in
Jefferson for around a mile before merging back onto US 60. ==References==