West Virginia Route 37

West Virginia Route 37
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length:	39.4 mi[1] (63.4 km)
Major junctions
West end:	KY 3 Spur in Fort Gay
	US 52 concurrent near Fort Gay WV 152 concurrent near Wayne
East end:	WV 10 near Ranger
Location
Counties:	Wayne, Lincoln
Highway system
West Virginia Routes State County Turnpikes ← WV 36 WV 38 →

West Virginia Route 37 is an east–west state highway in western West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at the Kentucky state line in Fort Gay, where WV 37 becomes Kentucky Route 3 Spur upon crossing the Tug Fork. The eastern terminus is at West Virginia Route 10 one miles (1.6 km) south of Ranger.

History

A large portion of WV 37 was relocated in eastern Wayne County about 1970 as a result of the construction of East Lynn Lake, which flooded the routes former path along East Fork Twelvepole Creek. The highway was relocated up a series of side valleys from just downstream of the dam to near Kiahsville.^[2] East of Kiahsville, the road was moved to a higher elevation out of the lake's floodplain.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wayne	Fort Gay			KY 3 (via KY 3 Spur) – Louisa, Inez, Kermit	Kentucky state line (Louisa-Fort Gay Bridge over Big Sandy River)
				US 52 south – Williamson	west end of US 52 overlap
	​			US 52 north – Huntington	east end of US 52 overlap
	Echo			WV 152 south – Crum	west end of WV 152 overlap
	Wayne			WV 152 north – Huntington	east end of WV 152 overlap
Lincoln	​			WV 10 – Huntington, Logan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.
2. Wayne, West Virginia quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic). U.S. Geological Survey. 1987.
3. Kiahsville, West Virginia quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic). U.S. Geological Survey. 1975.