Total bridges
99
Public highway bridges in Doddridge County
County profile · official public datasets
Doddridge County, WV
99 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.4% rated Good, 37.4% Fair, 24.2% Poor.
- 99
- Public bridges
- 38.4%
- Good condition
- 24.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Doddridge County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 42nd
- of 55 on Poor share
- 24.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 99
- public highway bridges
- 1974
- 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.
Doddridge County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Doddridge County ranks #42 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 24.2%). Doddridge County, West Virginia contains 99 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.4% are rated “Good,” 37.4% “Fair,” and 24.2% “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.
Good condition
38.4%
38 of 99 rated 7-9
Fair condition
37.4%
37 of 99 rated 5-6
Poor condition
24.2%
24 of 99 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#42 of 55
Among West Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 99 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 38.4% (38)
Fair 37.4% (37)
Poor 24.2% (24)
Doddridge County's Poor-condition bridges carry 34,470 vehicle crossings a day
That is 22.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 24.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,436 crossings a day against 1,215 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 98 of 99 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
51.5% of Doddridge County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
51 of the 99 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 38.4% 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 17.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US ROUTE 50 EB over ARNOLD CREEK, built 1970, carries 6,000 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 24-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 34,470 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Doddridge County's bridges were built
99 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 6
1910–1919
6 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
9 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s 4
1980–1989
4 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
18 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
10 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1974, 6 years older than the West Virginia average of 1980.
How Doddridge County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Doddridge County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 24.2% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 54 West Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer County | 106 | 16% | 69.8% | 14.2% | 1975 |
| Upshur County | 99 | 21.2% | 66.7% | 12.1% | 1971 |
| Doddridge County (this page) | 99 | 38.4% | 37.4% | 24.2% | 1974 |
| Grant County | 97 | 21.6% | 64.9% | 13.4% | 1980 |
| Nicholas County | 97 | 25.8% | 59.8% | 14.4% | 1986 |
| Barbour County | 93 | 12.9% | 72% | 15.1% | 1957 |
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 Doddridge 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 Doddridge County, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside WV (99 bridges here).
- Washington County, FL · 99 bridges
- Crisp County, GA · 99 bridges
- Harris County, GA · 99 bridges
- Newton County, GA · 99 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1974 here).
- Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
- Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
- Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
- Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (24)
DODDRIDGE CO RT 56
PoorOver: BRUSHY FORK
0.73 MI SOUTH CO RT 25, Doddridge, WV
Built 1981 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10
WV ROUTE 23
PoorOver: ROBINSON FORK
0.36 MI WEST CO RT 16, Doddridge, WV
Built 1914 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 650
DODD CO RT 25/12
PoorOver: MEATHOUSE FORK
0.01 MI SOUTH CO RT 25, Doddridge, WV
Built 1960 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 10
DODDRIDGE CO RT 11
PoorOver: ARNOLD CREEK
0.16 MI NORTH CO RT 11/7, Doddridge, WV
Built 1926 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 200
DODDRIDGE CO RT 48
PoorOver: BUCKEYE CREEK
0.07 MI EAST CO RT 15, Doddridge, WV
Built 1950 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 600
DODD CO RT 66
PoorOver: COVE CREEK
0.01 MI EAST WV RT 18, Doddridge, WV
Built 1932 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 50
DODD CO RT 50/30
PoorOver: MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK
0.05 MI WEST WV RT 18, Doddridge, WV
Built 1929 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 2,600
DODDRIDGE CO RT 20
PoorOver: FLINT RUN
0.11 MI SOUTH CO RT 3, Doddridge, WV
Built 1960 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 200
DODDRIDGE CO RT 36
PoorOver: DOTSON RUN
0.01 MI EAST CO RT 36/11, Doddridge, WV
Built 1930 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 200
DODDRIDGE CO RT 11
PoorOver: ARNOLD CREEK
0.01 MI SOUTH CR 11/4, Doddridge, WV
Built 1920 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 200
DODD CO RT 58
PoorOver: MEATHOUSE FORK
0.14 MI SOUTH CO RT 25, Doddridge, WV
Built 1926 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 250
DODD CO RT 50/74
PoorOver: DOE RUN
0.02 MI EAST CO RT 50/30, Doddridge, WV
Built 1914 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100
DODDRIDGE CO RT 8
PoorOver: SYCAMORE FORK
0.57 MI EAST CO RT 10, Doddridge, WV
Built 1963 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 300
WV ROUTE 23
PoorOver: SKELTON RUN
0.05 MI WEST CO RT 16, Doddridge, WV
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 600
WV ROUTE 18
PoorOver: MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK
0.04 MI SOUTH CO RT 50/30, Doddridge, WV
Built 1990 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 4,500
DODDRIDGE CR 50/30
PoorOver: DOE RUN
0.03 MI EAST CO RT 50/74, Doddridge, WV
Built 1960 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,400
WV ROUTE 23
PoorOver: LAUGHERTY FORK
0.07 MI WEST CO RT 55/2, Doddridge, WV
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 400
US ROUTE 50 EB
PoorOver: Middle Island Crk & CR
0.16 MI EAST CO RT 50/16, Doddridge, WV
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,650
US ROUTE 50 WB
PoorOver: Middle Island Crk & CR
0.16 MI EAST CO RT 50/16, Doddridge, WV
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,650
DODDRIDGE CO RT 11
PoorOver: LONG RUN
0.01 MI NORTH CO RT 11/1, Doddridge, WV
Built 1950 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 200
DODD CO 50/30
PoorOver: BUCKEYE RUN
0.17 MI WEST CO RT 50/15, Doddridge, WV
Built 1947 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 850
DODD CO 50/30
PoorOver: BUCKEYE RUN
0.70 MI WEST CO RT 50/34, Doddridge, WV
Built 1947 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 850
US ROUTE 50 WB
PoorOver: ARNOLD CREEK
0.06 MI WEST DODD CR 11, Doddridge, WV
Built 1970 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 6,000
US ROUTE 50 EB
PoorOver: ARNOLD CREEK
0.06 MI WEST DODD CR 11, Doddridge, WV
Built 1970 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 6,000
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