West Virginia Route 59 is a state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

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 of West Virginia

West Virginia

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. It runs from West Virginia Route 259 at Lost City

Lost City, West Virginia

Lost City is an unincorporated town on the Lost River in eastern Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Lost City is centered at the intersection of West Virginia routes 59 and 259. The town was originally known as Cover....

 east to the Virginia

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 state line, where it becomes secondary State Route 691. About one-third of the route is unpaved.

While officially designated and shown on West Virginia Division of Highways maps as a state route, the road is signed in the field as a county route.