Transportation in West Virginia
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport
Elkins-Randolph County Airport
Greater Cumberland Regional Airport
Greenbrier Valley Airport
North Central West Virginia Airport
Mercer County Airport
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport
Morgantown Municipal Airport
Potomac Airfield
Tri-State Airport
Wheeling Ohio County Airport
Yeager Airport
While West Virginia was once criss-crossed with commercial and passenger railroad networks, the decline of the coal and timber industries, coupled with the rise of the automobile, led to a sharp drop in track mileage in the state. Many of the former railroad grades are used as trails for hiking and biking throughout the states numerous woodlands.
Today, West Virginia is serviced by two Amtrak lines: one that cuts through the southern portion of the state, including stops in Huntington and Charleston, and one that cuts through the state's Eastern Panhandle, including stops in Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry. The Eastern Panhandle is also serviced during the week by MARC's Brunswick commuter rail line, which terminates in Martinsburg. Commercial railroads still operate in the state, mainly hauling coal to inland ports such as Huntington-Tristate (the nation's largest inland port) and Pittsburgh.
Bridges and tunnels
As a mountainous state, bridges and tunnels play an important role in transportation in West Virginia. Notable bridges and tunnels include:
New River Gorge Bridge—near Fayetteville, WV
Silver Bridge -- Point Pleasant, WV
Silver Memorial Bridge -- Henderson, WV to Gallipolis, OH
Wheeling Suspension Bridge -- Wheeling, WV
East River Mountain Tunnel—near Bluefield, WV to near Rocky Gap, VA
Fort Henry Bridge -- Wheeling, WV
Veterans Memorial Bridge -- Weirton, WV to Steubenville, OH
Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit
Rivers with commercial barge traffic and docks in West Virginia include:
Ohio
Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
Monongahela (the Mon and the Allegheny Rivers meet to form the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Little Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
Big Sandy (a tributary of the Ohio)
Elk (a tributary of the Kanawha)
Pocatalico (a tributary of the Kanawha)
Mill Creek (a tributary of the Ohio)
Navigation Lock and Dams in West Virginia
On the Ohio
New Cumberland Locks and Dam
Pike Island Locks and Dam
Hannibal Locks and Dam
Willow Island Locks and Dam
Belleville Locks and Dam
Racine Locks and Dam
Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam
On the Kanawha
London Lock and Dam
Marmet Lock and Dam
Winfield Lock and Dam
On the Monogahela
Morgantown Lock and Dam
Hildebrand Lock and Dam
Opekiska Lock and Dam
