Huntington to Parkersburg over the
Bartow Jones Bridge at
Point Pleasant, West Virginia WV 2 was reconstructed from Lesage to Glenwood as an improved two-lane highway with shoulders on a four-lane right-of-way in the mid-1980s.
Parkersburg to Wheeling |leftWV 2 follows the Ohio River from Parkersburg to Wheeling. Portions have been upgraded to four and five lanes, with eventual plans to upgrade the entire corridor.
Wheeling to Chester WV 2 is a variable two-lane and four-lane highway from
Wheeling to its northern terminus at
Chester. For a time, Route 2 deviated from its current alignment to follow a more northeasterly route from New Cumberland to US 30 via the unincorporated area of New Manchester. The current alignment of WV 2 passing the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort to US 30 was formerly numbered WV 66 and is reflected as such in many of the county highways in the area. The former routing of WV 2 is now WV 8. On June 23, 2000, work began on a project that widened WV 2 from two to four lanes from
Weirton at
US 22 (Robert C. Byrd Expressway) south to CR 8 near
Follansbee. The project length was just 0.9 miles. Work was supposed to be complete by June 2001, however, construction wrapped up on October 31 at a cost of $21,444,875. The project entailed stabilizing the hillside by reshaping the highwall, widening the roadway with four lanes, creating outside shoulders, and interior shoulders. 3.9 million cubic yards of earth were removed during the excavation process. ,
Hillbilly Hot Dogs, located along WV 2 in
Lesage. One year later, the highway widening project progressed further south for . == Notes ==