West Virginia Route 27#WV 27 Alternate

{{short description|State highway in West Virginia, United States}}

{{Infobox road

|state=WV

|type=WV

|route=27

|length_mi=5.8

|length_round=1

|length_ref=Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.

|established=

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=WV|WV|2}} in Wellsburg

|junction={{jct|state=WV|WV|88}} near Wellsburg

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=PA|PA|844}} near Wellsburg

|counties=Brooke

|previous_type=WV

|previous_route=26

|next_type=WV

|next_route=28

}}

File:2017-07-23 12 53 02 View west along West Virginia State Route 27 (Washington Pike) at West Virginia State Route 88 in Franklin, Brooke County, West Virginia.jpg

West Virginia Route 27 is an east–west state highway located within the northern panhandle county of Brooke in West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 2 in Wellsburg. The eastern terminus is at the Pennsylvania state line 5 miles (8 km) east of Wellsburg, where WV 27 continues east into the border town of Independence as Pennsylvania Route 844.

Major intersections

{{WVint

|location=Wellsburg

|mile=0.0

|road={{jct|state=WV|WV|2}}

|notes=Western terminus of WV 27

}}

{{WVint

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=WV|WV|88|dir1=south|city1=Bethany}}

|notes=Northern terminus of WV 88

}}

{{WVint

|location=none

|mile=5.8

|road={{jct|state=PA|PA|844|dir1=east|city1=Washington}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of WV 27 at Pennsylvania state line

}}

WV 27 Alternate

{{Infobox road small

|state=WV

|type=WV-Alt

|route=27

|location=Follansbee

|length_mi=6.0

|length_round=1

|length_ref=

}}

File:2017-07-23 13 48 30 View east along West Virginia State Route 27 Alternate (Allegheny Street) at Beechwood Road in Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia.jpg

West Virginia Route 27 Alternate is an east–west state highway located within the northern panhandle county of Brooke in West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 2 in Follansbee. The eastern terminus is at the Pennsylvania state line near Eldersville, Pennsylvania, where the road continues as Eldersville Road (State Route 4014).

Unlike most alternate state routes, Alternate WV 27 does not connect with its parent WV 27 route. Approximately four miles of WV Route 2 separate the western termini of both routes.

=Major intersections=

{{WVint

|location=Follansbee

|road={{jct|state=WV|WV|2}}

}}

{{WVint

|location=none

|road={{jct|state=PA|QR|4014|name1=Eldersville Road}}

|notes=Pennsylvania state line

}}

References

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Category:Transportation in Brooke County, West Virginia