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The Roads and Rails of Mercer County, WV /

CR 2


[CR 2]
[CR 2]
Highway Names Start Terminus Length (km)
CR 2 Dunns Rd. Summers County line north of Dunns WV 19 near Camp Creek State Forest 9

Overview

County Route 2 is a single-lane road running atop Farley Ridge in northern Mercer County. It connects the unincorporated community of Dunns to US 19 and to Summers County, where it continues as CR 16. In Dunns, it intersects CR 4.

The area it serves is very sparsely populated.

History

CR 2 was commissioned in 1933, and routed upon pre-existing infrastructure from the late nineteenth century. Its course has been unchanged since its inception.


Fractional spur roads

[CR 2]

Road Names Start Terminus Length (km) Notes
2/1 Mountain Creek Rd. CR 2 north of Dunns Summers County line, continues as CR 25/6 insignificant Original 1930s road with numbers assigned from north to south.
2/2 Moye Lilly Rd. CR 2, Dunns Summers County line, continues as CR 25/8 7 Original 1930s road with numbers assigned from north to south.
2/3 Piney Fits Rd. CR 2 Dead end (originally through to CR 4/1) 4 Original 1930s road with numbers assigned from north to south. East end realigned by the 1940s; now abandoned.
2/4 Apple Orchard Rd. CR 2/3 dead end 3
2/5 Akers Ln. CR 2/1 Summers County line, continues as CR 25/7 2

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