West Virginia Route 125
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| New River Parkway | ||||
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| Maintained by West Virginia Division of Highways | ||||
| Length: | 10.0 mi (16.1 km) | |||
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| South end: |
 WV 20 near Hinton
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| North end: |
 I‑64 in Sandstone
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The New River Parkway, planned to be West Virginia Route 125, is a proposed road that will run alongside the New River in Summers and Raleigh Counties in southern West Virginia. The parkway's planned route will run 10 miles (16 km) from West Virginia Route 20 near Hinton to Interstate 64 at Sandstone; an extension from Hinton to Princeton has also been proposed. As of 2014, construction has only been completed on a segment of the route north of Hinton.
The West Virginia Legislature approved the parkway in 1985, and plans for its route were proposed in 1991. The route between Hinton and Sandstone was finalized in 1998, but a controversy of the buying of land for the highway stalled its construction. In 2011, construction began on the first piece of the route, a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) segment north of Hinton; another segment to the north of the first is currently being designed.
Three segments of the route have been planned, running for a combined 10 miles (16 km) along the New River in Summers and Raleigh Counties. The first section, and the only one on which construction has occurred, spans 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from West Virginia Route 20 near Hinton north along River Road; the second and third sections will continue along the New River into Raleigh County before crossing the river into Summers County at Sandstone, terminating at Interstate 64. According to the New River Turnpike Authority's long-term plans for the highway, it will ultimately reach south from Hinton to the West Virginia Turnpike in Princeton, though a route south of Hinton has not yet been developed.
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