The year is 2020/2021/2022 and this Speed trap on Interstate 70 is courtesy of the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department… For starters, the road is undergoing bridge construction from the Ohio state line to milepost 8. Here the speed limit is 45mph and rightfully so. People should probably drive 45mph here because it is very unsafe in certain areas.. BUT, the road construction ends between the 7 & 8 mile markers where the eastbound freeway then opens back up to 3 lanes with a full median and full berm and no signs of any construction. There are no signs, no cones/barrels, nothing, yet the speed limit remains at 45mph for several more miles and very rarely do motorists adhere to this nonsensical speed limit which formerly had been 70mph before the bridge construction started (and those that do travel at 45 are actually a hazard during times of high traffic volume)…. There is no reason whatsoever that this wide open rural interstate highway should be posted for 45mph yet the county sheriff deputies use this to their advantage in hiding out in search of victims… occasionally operating special speed patrols for this very area.

On the other hand, the westbound side is a steep downgrade that enters into the construction zone with multiple signs warning of this so it has more of a valid reason for being 45mph; but the eastbound side is 100% a speed trap and they are always out there “enforcing the speed limit” on vehicles travelling both directions- usually when traffic volumes are lower. I have tried multiple times to contact the WVDOH in regards to why they have EB70 speed limit set at 45mph post construction but the guy that is always supposed to call me back never does because he knows damn well that this is nothing but a speed trap! The road has been in this same condition for over a year and it is claimed that the construction will continue until fall 2022..
If the 45MPH limit on the EB side is ever reverted back to the standard rural interstate speed limit I will ask to remove this listing.