{{short description|State highway in West Virginia, United States}} {{For|the former WV 3|West Virginia Route 3 (1920s)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=WV |type=WV |route=3 |length_mi=186.0 |length_ref=<ref name="LengthMapPoint">Distance calculated using Microsoft MapPoint mapping software.</ref> |length_round=1 |established=Early 1930s |map={{maplink-road|id= Q2508365|type=line|stroke-width=2|stroke-color=#cc0000}} |map_custom=yes |direction_a=West |direction_b=East |terminus_a={{jct|state=WV|WV|10}} in West Hamlin |junction= *{{jct|state=WV|US|119}} between Julian and Danville *{{jct|state=WV|I-Toll|64|I-Toll|77}} near Beckley *{{jct|state=WV|WV|16}} in Beckley *{{jct|state=WV|US|19}} between Beckley and Shady Spring *{{jct|state=WV|WV|20}} near Hinton *{{jct|state=WV|US|219}} in Union |terminus_b={{jct|state=WV|WV|311}} at Sweet Springs |counties=Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Summers, Greenbrier, Monroe |previous_type=WV |previous_route=2 |next_type=WV |next_route=4 }} thumb|right|View east along WV 3 just east of US 119 in Boone County [[File:Veterans Memorial Bridge Bellepoint 2022b.jpg|thumb|WV 3 crosses the New River at Bellepoint.]]
'''West Virginia Route 3''' is a state highway in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It runs from West Virginia Route 10 in West Hamlin in a general easterly direction via Beckley to West Virginia Route 311 at Sweet Springs, most of the way across the state.
Route 3 crosses a particularly large part of the state's landscape. It goes through many counties including Monroe, Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Boone, and Lincoln. At least two state parks are along the route. Moncove Lake State Park, in the southeastern part of the state, is just a few miles off the main road near Gap Mills. Little Beaver State Park is in Beaver, near the major city of Beckley.<ref name="RandMcNally">West Virginia State Map, Rand McNally, 2008.</ref>
WV 3 overlaps U.S. Route 119 in Boone County north of Madison and U.S. Route 219 from Union north to Pickaway.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=WV|length_ref=}} {{WVint |county=Lincoln |cspan=3 |location=West Hamlin |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|10}}<!--any cities signed?--> }} {{WVint |location=none |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|34|dir1=north|city1=Hurricane}} }} {{WVint |location=Yawkey |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|214|dir1=north}}<!--any cities signed?--> }} {{WVint |type=concur |county=Boone |cspan=3 |location=Julian<!--maybe--> |road={{jct|state=WV|US|119|dir1=north|city1=Charleston}} |notes=west end of US 119 overlap }} {{WVint |type=concur |location=Rock Creek<!--maybe--> |ctdab=Boone |road={{jct|state=WV|US|119|dir1=south|CR|119/65|county2=Boone|name2=Skeens Drive|city1=Madison|city2=Logan}} |notes=east end of US 119 overlap }} {{WVint |location=Racine |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|94|dir1=north|city1=Charleston}} }} {{WVint |county=Raleigh |cspan=8 |location=Glen Daniel |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|99|dir1=west|city1=Oceana|city2=Madison}}<!--anything else signed?--> }} {{WVint |location=none |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|305|dir1=south|city1=Lester}} }} {{WVint |location=Beckley |lspan=3 |road={{jct|state=WV|I|64|I|77|city1=Charleston|city2=Bluefield|city3=Lewisburg}} |notes=I-77 exit 44 }} {{WVint |type=concur |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|16|name1=Robert C. Byrd Drive|to2=to|I|77|US|19|city1=Bradley}} |notes=overlap with WV 16 north (westbound only) }} {{WVint |type=concur |road={{jct|state=WV|US|19|dir1=north|to2=to|I|64}} |notes=west end of US 19 overlap }} {{WVint |location=Beaver |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|307|dir1=east|to2=to|I|64|extra=airport|location1=Airport}} }} {{WVint |location=none |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|307|dir1=west}} }} {{WVint |type=concur |location=Shady Spring |road={{jct|state=WV|US|19|dir1=south|city1=Princeton}} |notes=east end of US 19 overlap }} {{WVint |type=concur |county=Summers |cspan=4 |location=none |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|20|dir1=north|to2=to|I|64|city1=Hinton}} |notes=west end of WV 20 overlap }} {{WVint |type=concur |location=none |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|20|dir1=south|city1=Athens}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=east end of WV 20 overlap }} {{WVint |location=Hinton |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|107|dir1=north|city1=Hinton}} }} {{WVint |type=concur |location=none |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|12|dir1=south|city1=Peterstown}} |notes=west end of WV 12 overlap }} {{WVint |type=concur |county=Greenbrier |location=Alderson |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|12|dir1=north|to2=to|I|64|WV|63|location1=Alta}} |notes=east end of WV 12 overlap }} {{WVint |type=concur |county=Monroe |cspan=3 |location=Pickaway |road={{jct|state=WV|US|219|dir1=north|city1=Lewisburg}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=west end of US 219 overlap }} {{WVint |type=concur |location=Union |ctdab=Monroe |road={{jct|state=WV|US|219|dir1=south|location1=Rich Creek, VA}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=east end of US 219 overlap }} {{WVint |location=Sweet Springs |road={{jct|state=WV|WV|311|city1=White Sulphur Springs|location2=Salem, VA}} }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline|West Virginia Route 3}}
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