Booming travel occurred over holiday period in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Over 1.3 million transactions occurred on the West Virginia Turnpike during the holiday travel period .

During the 11-day 4th of July holiday travel period, from Thursday, June 27, 2024, to Sunday, July 7, 2024, a total of 1,374,731 transactions took place at toll booths on the West Virginia Turnpike.

Jeff Miller, Executive Director of the West Virginia Parkways Authority , stated, “Just as we expected, the 11-day travel period for the 4th of July holiday was a busy time for the WV Turnpike. We are very pleased with the work of our Toll Department, Traffic flaggers, Courtesy Patrol, State Police Troop 7, Maintenance department, and Dispatch center, among others. It takes a lot of coordinated effort and planning on behalf of several departments to make travel on the WV Turnpike during holiday periods go as smoothly as possible for the patron.”

The actual total transactions of 1,374,731 were very close to the estimated 1,385,000 transactions released on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, missing only 10,269 transactions.

The busiest day of the travel period was Sunday, July 7, with 152,310 transactions across the three toll booths on the Turnpike. Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29, were the next busiest days, with 150,291 and 148,397 transactions, respectively.

Transaction totals on West Virginia Turnpike during 4 ^th of July travel period:

• Thursday, June 27                         124,920
• Friday, June 28                              150,291
• Saturday, June 29                          148,387
• Sunday, June 30                            123,867
• Monday, July 1                              107,182
• Tuesday, July 2                              106,605
• Wednesday, July 3                         127,421
• Thursday, July 4                              83,558
• Friday, July 5                                 108,333
• Saturday, July 6                             141,857
• Sunday, July 7                               152,310