West Virginia Route 42

West Virginia Route 42
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	40.7 mi[1] (65.5 km)
Major junctions
South end	WV 28 / WV 55 in Petersburg
Major intersections	WV 93 concurrent near Scherr US 50 concurrent Mt. Storm to Hartmansville
North end	MD 38 in Blaine
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Grant, Mineral
Highway system
West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 41 → WV 43

West Virginia Route 42 is a north–south state highway connecting Grant County to Mineral County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 28 and West Virginia Route 55 in Petersburg. The northern terminus is at the Maryland state line in Blaine, where WV 42 becomes Maryland Route 38 upon crossing the North Branch of the Potomac River.

WV 42 runs concurrent with West Virginia Route 93 upon descending the Allegheny Front, and also with U.S. Route 50 between Mount Storm and Skyline, where WV 42 turns left towards Elk Garden.

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Grant	Petersburg			WV 28 / WV 55 – Moorefield, Seneca Rocks
	Scherr			WV 93 east – Keyser	south end of WV 93 overlap
	​			WV 93 west – Davis, State Parks	north end of WV 93 overlap
	Mount Storm			US 50 west – Grafton	south end of US 50 overlap
Mineral	Skyline			US 50 east – Romney	north end of US 50 overlap
	​			WV 46 east – Jennings Randolph Lake	intersection is just south of Elk Garden
	​			MD 38 north – Kitzmiller	Maryland state line (Kitzmiller Bridge over North Branch Potomac River)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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