MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — WVU Medicine officials gathered in Morgantown Wednesday afternoon to sign the final steel beam set to complete the bones of the new WVU Medicine Eye InstituteCrews broke ground on the $233 million project in January at the intersection of Van Voorhis Road and Elmer Prince Drive near the entrance to WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.

The new facility will have 102 exam rooms and 44 testing rooms, an increase from the current Eye Institute’s 60 exam rooms and 13 testing rooms.

Although the new Eye Institute isn't expected to be fully completed until 2027, WVU Health System President and CEO Albert Wright said getting all of the steel beams into place is an important milestone.

"We're the dominant eye ophthalmology provider in the state, and we wanted t

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