Editing Charleston, West Virginia (section)

===Transportation===
{{See also|Roads of Charleston, West Virginia|Yeager Airport|Charleston station (West Virginia)}}
[[File:The Bridges (35191504416) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Interstate 64 in West Virginia|I-64]] near Charleston]]
[[File:Charleston Yeager Airport Terminal (27680429119).jpg|thumb|Yeager Airport]]
[[File:Charleston Amtrak Station Apr 09.jpg|thumb|[[Charleston station (West Virginia)|Charleston station]] is served by [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Cardinal (train)|Cardinal]]'']]

Charleston is served by [[Interstate 64 (West Virginia)|Interstate 64]], [[Interstate 77 (West Virginia)|Interstate 77]], and [[Interstate 79 (West Virginia)|Interstate 79]]. The [[West Virginia Turnpike]]'s northern terminus is at the city's southeastern end. Two U.S. routes, [[U.S. Route 60 in West Virginia|US 60]] and [[U.S. Route 119 (West Virginia)|US 119]], cut through the city center. [[U.S. Route 21 (West Virginia)|US 21]] and [[U.S. Route 35 (West Virginia)|US 35]] formerly ran through Charleston. [[West Virginia Route 25|WV 25]], [[West Virginia Route 61|WV 61]], [[West Virginia Route 62|WV 62]], and [[West Virginia Route 114|WV 114]] are all state highways that are within Charleston's city limits. Interstate 64 crosses the [[Kanawha River]] four times as it passes through the Charleston metropolitan area. The [[Elk River (West Virginia)|Elk River]] flows into the Kanawha River in downtown Charleston.

Charleston is served by [[Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority]].

[[Yeager Airport]] is West Virginia's largest airport, serving more than twice as many passengers as all other airports in the state combined. It is {{convert|2|mi|km|0|sp=us|spell=on}} north of [[Interstate 64]] and [[Interstate 77]], accessible via [[West Virginia Route 114|WV 114]]. It is also home to the [[McLaughlin Air National Guard Base]].

[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail service, provides tri-weekly service to Charleston via the ''[[Cardinal (train)|Cardinal]]'' routes. The Amtrak station is on the south side of the Kanawha River, at 350 MacCorkle Avenue, near downtown. Until the 1960s, several daily [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] trains traversed central West Virginia, making stops in Charleston. Destinations in the midwest included St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, and Louisville. To the east the trains terminated in either [[Washington, D.C.]] or [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]], Virginia. These featured the ''[[Fast Flying Virginian]],'' ''[[George Washington (train)|George Washington]],'' and the ''[[Sportsman (train)|Sportsman]].'' Into the late 1940s, the [[New York Central Railroad]] operated passenger trains between [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], Ohio, and Charleston.<ref>{{citation |title=Table 35 |work=New York Central RR Timetable |date=April 1948 |url=http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC48-4TT.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911044454/http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC48-4TT.pdf |archive-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref>