At 14.45 miles (23.26 km), the West Virginia segment of Interstate 70 (I-70) is the shortest in any state through which I-70 passes on its way from near Cove Fort, Utah, to near Baltimore, Maryland. Part of the U.S. Interstate Highway System, it crosses the Northern Panhandle region of West Virginia through Ohio County and the city of Wheeling. The Fort Henry Bridge carries I-70 from Wheeling Island across the Ohio River and into downtown Wheeling before the freeway enters the Wheeling Tunnel. I-470, the lone auxiliary Interstate Highway in West Virginia, is intersected near Elm Grove. Before crossing into Pennsylvania, I-70 passes The Highlands, a major shopping center, and the Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area. Between 27,000 and 53,000 vehicles use the freeway daily. The I-70 designation was brought to the Northern Panhandle with the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, and a controlled-access highway was built across the panhandle, bypassing portions of the old National Road constructed in 1818 to connect Wheeling and Cumberland, Maryland. The first portions of I-70 were opened in 1963, and construction was completed across the panhandle by 1971.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_West_Virginia

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

757:

An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty and emperor of Yan, was murdered by his own son, An Qingxu. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Lushan

1856:

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issued a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that established the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross

1891:

Liliʻuokalani was proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliuokalani

1944:

World War II: At least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) was attacked by Soviet partisan units. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koniuchy_massacre

2006:

India's Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irfan_Pathan

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

obviate: (transitive) To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obviate

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.   --Thomas Paine https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine