West Virginia Route 869

West Virginia Route 869
WV 869 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WVDOH
Length	0.94 mi (1,510 m)
Existed	1998–present
Major junctions
West end	US 35 north of Fraziers Bottom
East end	WV 62 south of Buffalo
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Putnam
Highway system
West Virginia State Highway System Interstate US State
← WV 817 → WV 891

Johnathon Higginbotham Memorial Bridge in 2022

View east along WV 869 at the west end of the bridge over the Kanawha River in Fraziers Bottom

West Virginia Route 869 is a short, one mile (1.6 km) state highway in Putnam County, West Virginia that connects U.S. Route 35 and West Virginia Route 62 via the Lower Buffalo Bridge (officially the Johnathon David Higginbotham Memorial Bridge) over the Kanawha River. The route itself is unsigned on the bridge. The road was commissioned in 1998 to provide an alternate route for the fragile Winfield Bridge for trucks hauling goods for the Toyota Plant in Buffalo.

History

The highway at its western end formerly used a portion of existing US 35 to meet WV 817. WV 817 was formerly signed as US 35, but was resigned as WV 817 when a 4-lane section of US 35 opened.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Putnam County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Fraziers Bottom	0.00	0.00	US 35 to I-64 – Winfield, Charleston, Point Pleasant
Kanawha River			Johnathon David Higginbotham Memorial Bridge
Buffalo	0.94	1.51	WV 62 – Buffalo, Eleanor
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi