Editing Richwood, West Virginia (section)

==Transportation==
Richwood's primary road is a two-lane highway carrying [[West Virginia Route 39|West Virginia Routes 39]] and [[West Virginia Route 55|55]]. These highways provide access to U.S. Route 19 to the west and [[U.S. Route 219]] to the east.  The original construction of the road portion from Marlinton to Richwood through the [[Monongahela National Forest]] was spured by the Cherry River Navy civic organization, reducing what was a three-hour drive on indirect alternate routes to a current 45-minute drive.<ref name="Cherry River Navy" />  It is considered one of the most scenic drives in West Virginia,<ref name="Scenic mountain road trips">{{cite web|title=4 best scenic mountain road trips|url=https://gotowv.com/scenic-road-trips-wv/|website=Wild, Wonderful West Virginia|date=15 June 2015 |publisher=West Virginia Division of Tourism|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> providing access to a number of National Forest recreation sites.<ref name="MNF Highland Scenic Highway">{{cite web|title=Highland Scenic Highway|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mnf/recarea/?recid=7011|website=Monongahela National Forest|publisher=U.S. Forest Service|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

In the town's early years, the [[railroad]] was a popular form of transporting wood, coal, and passengers in and out of Richwood on a daily basis. As time wore on, however, rail traffic decreased. By the early 1980s, trains had been completely replaced by road transportation in the area. The tracks were removed by the end of the decade and the old railroad grade was transformed into a gravel [[rail-trail]] for hiking and bicycling.