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King Coal Highway progress fuels hopes for future Interstate 73 route
Charles Owens notes continued work on Mercer County King Coal Highway sections toward Littlesburg Road with 2025 start planned for Littlesburg segment and state funding in place. He recalls stalled Bluefield Airport Road link completed in late 2023 and reflects on political shifts, funding, and the long road to a 95 mile interstate corridor through Mercer, McDowell, Mingo, Wyoming and Wayne counties toward I 77 at Bluefield and beyond to Myrtle Beach.
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Littlesburg Road
Route 20
King Coal Highway
Mercer County
Jim Justice
Justice
U.S
Deep South
West Virginia
U.S. Senate
Joe Manchin
Nowhere
Bluefield
Jus
Tice
K.A. Ammar
John Nash
Christine West
Stoney Ridge
Airport Road
DOH
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Wayne Counties
U.S. 119
Williamson
Detroit
Mich
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Christmas City
Robert C. Byrd
Mount View High School
Welch
Byrd