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Cabell County, WV

207 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25.1% rated Good, 57.5% Fair, 17.4% Poor.

207
Public bridges: 25.1%
Good condition: 17.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Cabell County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 47%
lowest Poor share in state: 17.4%
Poor-condition share: 207
public highway bridges: 1984
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Cabell County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cabell County ranks #26 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.4%). Cabell County, West Virginia contains 207 public highway bridges. Roughly 25.1% are rated “Good,” 57.5% “Fair,” and 17.4% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

207

Public highway bridges in Cabell County

Good condition

25.1%

52 of 207 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.5%

119 of 207 rated 5-6

Poor condition

17.4%

36 of 207 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#26 of 55

Among West Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 207 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

25.1% (52)

Fair

57.5% (119)

Poor

17.4% (36)

Cabell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 247,038 vehicle crossings a day

That is 14.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,862 crossings a day against 8,004 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 207 of 207 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

32.9% of Cabell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

68 of the 207 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 25.1% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 13.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I 64 WB over Guyandotte R CR60/52&26, built 1959, carries 33,900 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 36-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 247,038 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

13
1930s

5
1940s

8
1950s

21
1960s

19
1970s

11
1980s

24
1990s

35
2000s

30
2010s

27
2020s

14

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the West Virginia average (1980).

How Cabell County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Cabell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 6 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 54 West Virginia counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Cabell County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Fayette County	211	19%	67.8%	13.3%	1982
Greenbrier County	207	22.7%	64.3%	13%	1979
Cabell County (this page)	207	25.1%	57.5%	17.4%	1984
Monongalia County	203	36.9%	42.9%	20.2%	1980
Marion County	193	48.2%	30.6%	21.2%	1977
Jackson County	191	38.2%	38.2%	23.6%	1973

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Cabell County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Cabell County, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (207 bridges here).

Marin County, CA · 207 bridges
Las Animas County, CO · 207 bridges
Shelby County, IA · 207 bridges
Washington County, IA · 207 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1984 here).

Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 207 Good 52 Fair 119 Poor 36

All bridges (207)

Sort:

I 64 WB

Good

Over: US 52

1.73 MI WEST OF WV 152, Cabell, WV

Built 2017 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 32,400

I64 WB

Good

Over: Mud River

0.19 mi east of CO 60/89, Cabell, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 16,750

WV 101

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.10 MILE SOUTH OF US 60E, Cabell, WV

Built 1997 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 5,200

COUNTY ROUTE 10/38

Good

Over: MERRITT CREEK

0.05 MILES N OF C R 10/5, Cabell, WV

Built 2010 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 10

CO 25

Good

Over: CHARLEY CREEK

0.37 MI SOUTH OF CR 36, Cabell, WV

Built 2021 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 1,100

CR 21

Good

Over: LOWER CREEK

0.01 MILE WEST OF CR 9, Cabell, WV

Built 1996 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 31/6

Good

Over: GUYANDOTTE RIVER

0.01 MILES SOUTH OF CR 31, Cabell, WV

Built 2005 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 2,700

COUNTY ROUTE 42

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.01 MILE N. OF CR 42/3, Cabell, WV

Built 2006 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,400

COUNTY ROUTE 1/18

Good

Over: BIG HILL HOLLOW CREEK

0.01 MILE WEST OF C.R. 1, Cabell, WV

Built 2011 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 10

CR 43

Good

Over: LONG BRANCH

0.01 MI NORTH OF CR 42, Cabell, WV

Built 2015 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,200

CR 25

Good

Over: MUD RIVER

0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 25/4, Cabell, WV

Built 1990 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,200

CR 66

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

1.16 MI SOUTH OF WV 10, Cabell, WV

Built 1991 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 400

WEST VIRGINIA 10

Good

Over: MERRITT CREEK

0.01 MILES N OF CO 10/5, Cabell, WV

Built 2007 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 4,300

CR 27/2

Good

Over: CHARLEY CREEK

0.03 MI SOUTH OF CR 27/1, Cabell, WV

Built 1989 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 80

CR 49

Good

Over: MADISON CREEK

0.05 MI EAST OF CR 49/4, Cabell, WV

Built 1990 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 250

CR 29/2

Good

Over: FUDGES CREEK

0.02 MI. S. OF CR 29, Cabell, WV

Built 1987 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 30

CR 43/5

Good

Over: RACCOON CREEK

0.05 MI WEST OF CR 43, Cabell, WV

Built 1990 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 10

CR 48/1

Good

Over: FOURPOLE CREEK

0.01 MI WEST OF CR 48, Cabell, WV

Built 1990 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 50

County Route 29

Good

Over: Fudges Creek

1.2 mile south of U.S. 60, Cabell, WV

Built 2018 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 450

COUNTY ROUTE 43

Good

Over: BOWEN CREEK

0.04 MI SOUTH OF CO 49, Cabell, WV

Built 2018 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 550

CO 31

Good

Over: UPPER TOMS CREEK

0.01 MILE EAST OF CO 30, Cabell, WV

Cabell County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Cabell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 247,038 vehicle crossings a day

32.9% of Cabell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 13.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Cabell County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (207)

I 64 WB

I64 WB

WV 101

COUNTY ROUTE 10/38

CO 25

CR 21

COUNTY ROUTE 31/6

COUNTY ROUTE 42

COUNTY ROUTE 1/18

CR 43

CR 25

CR 66

WEST VIRGINIA 10

CR 27/2

CR 49

CR 29/2

CR 43/5

CR 48/1

County Route 29

COUNTY ROUTE 43

CO 31

CR 1/11

COUNTY ROUTE 31

ENSLOW BOULEVARD

MADISON AVENUE

12TH STREET

WEST FIFTH STREET

CO 31

CR 10/11

CR 17/4

CR 31

I 64 WB

WV 10

CR 22

CR 29

WV 10

WV 10

WV 10

CR 35

US 60

US 52

I 64 EB

I 64 WB

COUNTY ROUTE 7

WV 106 (ON RAMP)

HARP 951

COUNTY ROUTE 54

CR 17

I64 EB

I 64

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