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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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Doddridge County

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.

1910s

6
1920s

9
1930s

4
1940s

4
1950s

7
1960s

9
1970s

12
1980s

4
1990s

18
2000s

10
2010s

14
2020s

2

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Doddridge County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
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.

All 99 Good 38 Fair 37 Poor 24

All bridges (99)

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Doddridge County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Doddridge County's Poor-condition bridges carry 34,470 vehicle crossings a day

51.5% of Doddridge County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 17.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Doddridge 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 (99)

WV Route 23

WV ROUTE 23

WV RT. 23

Dodd. Co. 25/10

DODDRIDGE CO RT 3

DODDRIDGE CO RT 60

WV Rt. 23

DODD CO RT 3

DODDRIDGE CO RT 15

DODDRIDGE CO RT 15

DODDRIDGE CO RT 15

Dodd. Co. 24 (SLS)

DODDRIDGE CO RT 7

Dod. Co. 11

DODDRIDGE CO 55/18

DODD CO RT 19

DOD CO RT 50/16

DODDRIDGE CO 55/8

WV Rt. 23

DODDRIDGE CO RT 5

DOD CO RT 5 (SLS)

DODDRIDGE CO RT 15

DODD CO RT 16

DODDRIDGE CO RT 52

WV ROUTE 18

DODDRIDGE CO RT 56

WV ROUTE 23

DODD CO RT 25/12

DODDRIDGE CO RT 11

DODDRIDGE CO RT 48

DODD CO RT 66

DODD CO RT 50/30

DODDRIDGE CO RT 20

DODDRIDGE CO RT 36

DODDRIDGE CO RT 11

DODD CO RT 58

DODD CO RT 50/74

DODDRIDGE CO RT 8

WV ROUTE 23

WV ROUTE 18

DODDRIDGE CR 50/30

WV ROUTE 23

US ROUTE 50 EB

US ROUTE 50 WB

DODDRIDGE CO RT 11

DODD CO 50/30

DODD CO 50/30

US ROUTE 50 WB

US ROUTE 50 EB

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