West Virginia Route 5

West Virginia Route 5
WV 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	71.6 mi (115.2 km)
Major junctions
West end	WV 14 in Elizabeth
Major intersections	WV 16 in Grantsville US 33 / US 119 in Glenville I-79 in Burnsville
East end	US 19 / WV 4 in Heaters
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Wirt, Calhoun, Gilmer, Braxton
Highway system
West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 4 → WV 6

View east along WV 5 at CR 35/16 in Gilmer County

West Virginia Route 5 is an east–west state highway located in northwest West Virginia. The western terminus is at West Virginia Route 14 in Elizabeth, Wirt County. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 and West Virginia Route 4 in Heaters, Braxton County four miles (6 km) north of Interstate 79 exit 67. Almost all of WV 5 parallels the Little Kanawha River.

Originally, the eastern terminus began 4.4 miles (7.1 km) further north along US 19/WV 4 at Napier, but this part of the route became one of West Virginia's unused highways when it was closed in the mid-1970s to make way for Burnsville Lake.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wirt	Elizabeth			WV 14 – Spencer, Parkersburg
	​			WV 53 east
Calhoun	Grantsville			WV 16 – Smithville, Millstone
Gilmer	Glenville			US 33 west / US 119 south – Spencer, Cedar Creek State Park	west end of US 33 / US 119 overlap
				US 33 east / US 119 north – Weston	east end of US 33 / US 119 overlap
Braxton	Burnsville			I-79 – Clarksburg, Charleston, Burnsville Lake Dam
	Heaters			US 19 / WV 4 – Weston, Rock Cave, Sutton, Burnsville Lake, Bulltown
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus