West Virginia Route 598

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West Virginia Route 598
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Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length: 2.91 mi (4.68 km)
Major junctions
South end: Virginia 598.svg VA 598 near Bluefield
  US 460.svg US 460 in Bluefield
North end: US 52.svg US 52 in Bluefield
Location
Counties: Mercer
Highway system
WV 527 WV 601

West Virginia Route 598 is a v-shaped state highway located in the Bluefield, West Virginia area. The southern terminus of the route is at the Virginia state line south of the city, where WV 598 continues southward as Virginia State Route 598. The northern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 52 in Bluefield.

WV 598 is a former alignment of US 21 and US 52, the latter of which now runs through the East River Mountain Tunnel with I-77.

Route description

From its southern terminus at SR 598, WV 598 runs to the south-southwest for roughly two miles before intersecting U.S. Route 460. The two routes form a concurrency to the west for a quarter of a mile, where WV 598 turns north onto Cherry Drive. A short distance to the north, as Washington Street, WV 598 reaches the intersection of Washington Street and Cumberland Road. WV 598 turns east onto Cumberland Road for a quarter of a mile to an intersection with US 52.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Bluefield, Mercer County.

mi km Destinations Notes
SR 598 south (East River Mountain Road) – Rocky Gap, Bland, Wytheville Virginia state line (East River Mountain)
US 460 west – Tazewell, VA Southern end of US 460 concurrency
US 460 east to US 52 south – Princeton Northern end of US 460 concurrency
US 52 – Downtown Bluefield, Welch Northern terminus of WV 598
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi