Editing Wheeling, West Virginia (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Fort Henry Bridge looking towards Ohio, in Wheeling, West Virginia - 20040706.jpg|thumb|The Fort Henry Bridge carries I-70, US 40, and US 250 across the Ohio River in Wheeling.]]

===Roads and bridges===
[[Interstate 70 in West Virginia|Interstate 70]] and its spur [[Interstate 470 (Ohio – West Virginia)|Interstate 470]] run through the city east–west and link it with suburban [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, to the east and Ohio to the west. [[U.S. Route 40 in West Virginia|U.S. Route 40]]/[[National Road]] links downtown with residential neighborhoods to the east. [[West Virginia Route 2]] connects Wheeling with [[Moundsville, West Virginia|Moundsville]] to the south and [[Weirton, West Virginia|Weirton]] to the north. [[U.S. Route 250 in West Virginia|U.S. Route 250]] also runs through the city.

The [[Fort Henry Bridge]] and [[Interstate 470 Bridge|Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge]] carry I-70 and I-470, respectively, over the Ohio River. The historic [[Wheeling Suspension Bridge]], completed in 1849, which was part of National Road, connects downtown and Wheeling Island; currently it is closed for safety reasons, by order of the state highway department, to vehicular traffic. I-70 passes under Wheeling Hill through the [[Wheeling Tunnel]].

===Bus===
Bus transportation to points throughout North America is available from Wheeling through [[Greyhound Lines]]. The bus terminal, the Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, was built with $11.1 million in federal funds.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/517737.html?nav=510 |title=News, Sports, Jobs |newspaper=[[The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register|The Intelligencer]] |date=March 6, 1975 |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113103637/http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/517737.html?nav=510 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 }}</ref>

The East Ohio Authority and the Ohio Valley Regional Transit Authority (OVRTA), which share the Intermodal Transportation Center as the hub for hub-and-spoke routes, provide regional transportation through West Virginia and Eastern Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wheelingwv.gov/aboutwheeling.php?id=63 |title=The City of Wheeling, West Virginia &#124; About Wheeling > Getting Around |website=Wheelingwv.gov |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326161335/http://wheelingwv.gov/aboutwheeling.php?id=63 |archive-date=March 26, 2017 }}</ref>

Wheeling operated streetcars from the 1880s until 1943 under the Wheeling Traction Company and Co-operative Transit Company. Buses replaced streetcar operations due to operating costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvgenweb.org/ohio/trolley/trolley-train.htm|title=Trolleys & Trains, Wheeling, WV - Wheeling Area Genealogical Society|access-date=February 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602102357/http://www.wvgenweb.org/ohio/trolley/trolley-train.htm|archive-date=June 2, 2017}}</ref>

===Air===
The city is served by the [[Wheeling Ohio County Airport]] for [[general aviation]] and by [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] for [[Airline|passenger service]].