Coal Heritage Trail

Getting to the Byway: Charleston, WV * Take I-64/77 south to Beckley. * Get on WV-16 and go southwest to Crab Orchard, where the byway begins. Charleston, WV * Take I-64/77 south to Beckley. * Take the Harper Road exit and turn left onto Harper Road/Route 3 at the end of the exit ramp. * Drive approximately 2 miles south on Harper Road/WV 3 and turn left onto Ewart Avenue. * Drive approximately 0.5 mi. and turn right into the Exhibition Mine complex. Charleston, WV * Take I-64/77 south to Beckley. * Get on WV-16 and go southwest to Crab Orchard, where the byway begins. Charleston, WV * Take I-64/77 south to Beckley. * Take the Harper Road exit and turn left onto Harper Road/Route 3 at the end of the exit ramp. * Drive approximately 2 miles south on Harper Road/WV 3 and turn left onto Ewart Avenue. * Drive approximately 0.5 mi. and turn right into the Exhibition Mine complex. Roanoke, VA * Take I-581 north to I-81. * Follow I-81 southwest to Wytheville, VA. * Merge onto I-77 and go north to West Virginia. * Get on US-52 heading southwest into Bluefield, WV where the byway begins. Navigating the Byway: + The southern terminus of the byway starts at the border of West Virgina and Virginia, and it travels north along US52 until the road turns into SR16. + Take SR16 in a curving path north to where the byway ends in the town of Beckley, at the junction of SR16 and I-77.