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presents

The Roads and Rails of Mercer County, WV /

CR 20

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Highway	Names	Start	Terminus	Length (km)
CR 20	Elgood Rd.	CR 18, Pettry	CR 9 near Elgood	6

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Overview

County Route 20 is a former secondary highway in eastern Mercer County. It connected CR 18 in Pettry to CR 9 in Elgood, following ridgetops in an L-shaped course.

History

CR 20 was commissioned in 1933, and routed upon pre-existing infrastructure from the late nineteenth century.

As with CR 12, CR 20 was renumbered because it fell into conflict with a West Virginia primary highway...in this case WV 20, which replaced WV 44 in the early 1940s. Its new designation became CR 9/8.

In spite of being renumbered, the course of this road has been unchanged since its inception.

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A farm scene on CR 9/8, facing east on Elgood Road towards the Island Creek valley. Elgood per se is just off the edge of the frame. (Photo by the author, 2000.)

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Fractional spur roads

Due to the shared pool of numbers, spurs for CR 20 are described on the WV 44 and WV 20 page.

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