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View of a car driving down Route 60 on Gauley Mountain.

1. Route 60 on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012267
Title:: Route 60 on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:: View of a car driving down Route 60 on Gauley Mountain.

Scenes from Route 60 showing Route 19-21, Cotton Hill.

2. Scene from Route 60 Showing Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012268
Title:: Scene from Route 60 Showing Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:: Scenes from Route 60 showing Route 19-21, Cotton Hill.

Road scene on Fayette Mountain.

3. Fayette Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012292
Title:: Fayette Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:: Road scene on Fayette Mountain.

Scene on Cotton Hill cut-off Road near Cotton Hill.

4. Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012296
Title:: Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:: Scene on Cotton Hill cut-off Road near Cotton Hill.

Scenes on Cotton Hill cut-off Road.

5. Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012304
Title:: Cotton Hill, Fayette County, W. Va.
Description:: Scenes on Cotton Hill cut-off Road.

Car driving down Route 60 on Gauley Mountain.

6. Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012326
Title:: Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1920
Description:: Car driving down Route 60 on Gauley Mountain.

7. Route 60 on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012327
Title:: Route 60 on Gauley Mountain, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1920

Typical two-lane roadway section. Note the wide stabilized shoulders. Near Pax Fayette County Turnpike.

8. Two Lane Roadway Section, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012334
Title:: Two Lane Roadway Section, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:: 1955
Description:: Typical two-lane roadway section. Note the wide stabilized shoulders. Near Pax Fayette County Turnpike.

9. U.S. Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 012577
Title:: U.S. Route 60, Fayette County, W. Va.

Sandstone, which is a most difficult material to drill and blast, is one of the predominant materials that had to be excavated for the roadway construction, as shown in this section of the highway north of Long Branch, Fayette County.

10. Section of Highway Showing Sandstone North of Long Branch, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 017217
Title:: Section of Highway Showing Sandstone North of Long Branch, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:: 1955
Description:: Sandstone, which is a most difficult material to drill and blast, is one of the predominant materials that had to be excavated for the roadway construction, as shown in this section of the highway north of Long Branch, Fayette County.