Coal Heritage Trail
Getting to the Byway

Nearby Cities

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Charleston, WV (60 miles / 96.0 km, 1 hour 5 minutes)
Start: City Marker Brooke St. On-ramp to I-77 Southbound
N 38.351° W 81.624° [?]
Directions:
  • Take I-64/77 south to Beckley.
  • Get on WV-16 and go southwest to Crab Orchard, where the byway begins.
Junction with byway: End Marker Intersection of Midway Rd and WV-16
N 37.741° W 81.230° [?]
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Charleston, WV (59 miles / 94.4 km, 1 hour 5 minutes)
Start: City Marker Brooke St. On-ramp to I-77 Southbound
N 38.351° W 81.624° [?]
Directions:
  • Take I-64/77 south to Beckley.
  • Take the Harper Road exit and turn left onto Harper Road/Route 3 at the end of the exit ramp.
  • Drive approximately 2 miles south on Harper Road/WV 3 and turn left onto Ewart Avenue.
  • Drive approximately 0.5 mi. and turn right into the Exhibition Mine complex.
Junction with byway: End Marker Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, Beckley
N 37.785° W 81.197° [?]
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Knoxville, TN (255 miles / 408.0 km, 4 hours)
Start: City Marker I-40 East in Knoxville
N 35.965° W 83.932° [?]
Directions:
  • Take Dale Ave. northeast onto I-40.
  • Follow I-40 east to I-81 north.
  • Merge onto I-77 north.
  • Then merge onto WV16 (north)/ Robert C. Byrd Drive via exit 42 toward Beckley.
  • Turn left onto Prince Street/WV 3/Harper Road.
  • Turn right onto Ewart Avenue. Drive approximately 0.5 mi. and turn right into the Beckley Exhibition Mine complex
Junction with byway: End Marker 513 Ewart Avenue, Beckley, WV
N 37.784° W 81.197° [?]
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Roanoke, VA (111 miles / 177.6 km, 2 hours 5 minutes)
Start: City Marker I-581 northbound, Roanoke, VA
N 37.267° W 79.938° [?]
Directions:
  • Take I-581 north to I-81.
  • Follow I-81 southwest to Wytheville, VA.
  • Merge onto I-77 and go north to West Virginia.
  • Get on US-52 heading southwest into Bluefield, WV where the byway begins.
Junction with byway: End Marker Intersection of Princeton Ave and Federal St, Bluefield, WV
N 37.270° W 81.223° [?]