WV: US52/King Coal Hwy cluster****

[rickmastfan67]

Alright.  Appreciate you at least attempting to check on this.

What I really need to know on this for sure, is the little bit of 'WV-44' south of the King Coal still signed @ the intersection.  Sure, will mean I have to split up WV-44, but want to know this at least.  That's the main thing that is holding me up from pushing an update to this so we can finally close down this thread as solved.

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Also, if you happen to be going past Bluefield, any update on the US-52 bypass would be appreciated too.  Should be close to opening I would think at least.

[froggie]

So I did make it there this afternoon.  AFAICT, no signage has changed.  The old route is still signed as US 52.  The new route only has US 52 trailblazers at each end...no reassurance shields.  And 44 is signed to the T-intersection at the above-mentioned county roads.  Though one of those county roads curiously had both "NORTH WV 44" and "TO WV 44" shields posted almost right next to each other.

I did not check out the Bluefield extension because I was pressed for time but I also found a local news article which mentioned it would not open until next year.

[rickmastfan67]

So I did make it there this afternoon.  AFAICT, no signage has changed.  The old route is still signed as US 52.  The new route only has US 52 trailblazers at each end...no reassurance shields.  And 44 is signed to the T-intersection at the above-mentioned county roads.  Though one of those county roads curiously had both "NORTH WV 44" and "TO WV 44" shields posted almost right next to each other.

So, this is the only thing that has changed since Dec '16 (and the pair of signs at the intersection going 'NB' in the background) StreetView?
https://goo.gl/maps/xRj3hL453uPheZuy7

And this pair of WV-44 is still as-is in StreetView, correct?
https://goo.gl/maps/dxFZcCLyMBNNU57fA

[froggie]

Did not notice the first one (I was heading southbound and had just left the gas station with traffic), but the northbound signs at the intersection itself (with 44 in both directions and 52 continuing on the old road) are still the same as they were on the 2016 GMSV.

The pair of 44 at the other end are still there, as are the trailblazers at the county road junction.

[rickmastfan67]

but the northbound signs at the intersection itself (with 44 in both directions and 52 continuing on the old road) are still the same as they were on the 2016 GMSV.

You mean they reverted them already?!?!
Aug '22 imagery showing US-52 going left 'NB' at the intersection itself

[froggie]

I'll have to dig back through my photos...but I'm pretty sure what I saw is the same as what existed in 2016.

(EDIT)  The only photo I took at that intersection was along NB 44, which shows the same thing as 2016 GMSV.

[rickmastfan67]

Lovely, WVDOH doing another halfass signage job.... 

[rickmastfan67]

Google finally uploaded the rest of the StreetView imagery for the intersection so you can now fully see their half-ass job.

NB showing US-52 going onto the 'old' WV-44 connector.
SB showing that the connector is still WV-44 instead.

Sadly, no new imagery on the King Coal, WV-44 connector, or WV-65 (itself).

However, they did at least add new 2022 imagery @ the US-52/WV-65 intersection itself, showing that all signage points to the 'old' road as still the mainline for US-52 in the area.
https://goo.gl/maps/XBHgVj4h3vaUJPoK6

[rickmastfan67]

Fun, StreetView has been back to the area again in July '23, and they finally traveled on the 'reroute' of WV-44 to the intersection.

Even on SB WV-44, it's saying that US-52 is staying on the 'old' route.  Ah, gotta love WV and their stupid half-ass signage jobs.

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And here's another little fun thing, on the road that the 'WV-44 stub' connects to, it has 2 sets of signage....

1 says 'TO WV-44' for the 'stub', and the other says 'NB WV-44; TO US-52'.  Joy........ https://maps.app.goo.gl/yFTbTKYVt81AUcM27

[froggie]

And here's another little fun thing, on the road that the 'WV-44 stub' connects to, it has 2 sets of signage....

1 says 'TO WV-44' for the 'stub', and the other says 'NB WV-44; TO US-52'.  Joy........ https://maps.app.goo.gl/yFTbTKYVt81AUcM27

If you look upthread, I reported the same thing back in November.