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Lincoln County, WV

118 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.4% rated Good, 50.8% Fair, 17.8% Poor.

118
Public bridges
31.4%
Good condition
17.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Lincoln County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

29th
of 55 on Poor share
17.8%
Poor-condition share
118
public highway bridges
1989
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.

Lincoln County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lincoln County ranks #29 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.8%). Lincoln County, West Virginia contains 118 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.4% are rated “Good,” 50.8% “Fair,” and 17.8% “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

118

Public highway bridges in Lincoln County

Good condition

31.4%

37 of 118 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50.8%

60 of 118 rated 5-6

Poor condition

17.8%

21 of 118 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#29 of 55

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

Condition distribution

Share of 118 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
31.4% (37)
Fair
50.8% (60)
Poor
17.8% (21)

Lincoln County's Poor-condition bridges carry 10,870 vehicle crossings a day

That is 9.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 518 crossings a day against 513 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 118 of 118 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

11.9% of Lincoln County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

14 of the 118 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 31.4% 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 19.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WV 3 over BEAR FORK, built 1940, carries 2,100 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 21-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 10,870 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Lincoln County's bridges were built

118 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 37 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 9 years newer than the West Virginia average of 1980.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Lincoln County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Lincoln County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Ritchie County 127 26.8%
Berkeley County 119 5%
Pocahontas County 118 20.3%
Lincoln County (this page) 118 17.8%
Ohio County 115 27%
Pendleton County 114 21.1%

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (118 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1989 here).

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

All 118 Good 37 Fair 60 Poor 21

All bridges (118)

CR 19/4

Fair

Over: BIG HARTS CREEK

0.08 MI EAST OF CR 19, Lincoln, WV

Built 1990 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 10

COUNTY ROUTE 46

Fair

Over: MUD RIVER

0.03 MILES E. OF C.R. 58, Lincoln, WV

Built 2003 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 150

CR 64

Fair

Over: MUD RIVER

0.02 MI WEST OF CR 46, Lincoln, WV

Built 1993 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 10

COUNTY ROUTE 8

Fair

Over: FUQUAY CREEK

1.08 MILES N OF WV 214, Lincoln, WV

Built 1982 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 750

CR 50

Fair

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

0.25 MI NORTH OF CR 50/1, Lincoln, WV

Built 1989 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 200

CR 46

Fair

Over: MUD RIVER

0.85 MILES EAST CR 46/6, Lincoln, WV

Built 1993 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 150

CR 3/7

Fair

Over: MIDDLE FORK OF MUD RIVER

0.02 MILE SOUTH OF WV 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 1995 Load: 69.8 t ADT: 150

CR 48

Fair

Over: MUD RIVER

0.03 MI. WEST OF CR 7, Lincoln, WV

Built 1997 Load: 75.3 t ADT: 450

WV 214

Fair

Over: FUQUAY CREEK

0.53 MI WEST OF CR 13/1, Lincoln, WV

Built 1940 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,000

COUNTY ROUTE 1

Fair

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

0.04 MILES N OF C R 3/11, Lincoln, WV

Built 1940 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 350

WV 34

Good

Over: HARVEY CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 34/1, Lincoln, WV

Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,500

CR 48/3

Good

Over: NINEMILE CREEK

0.03 MILE SOUTH OF CR 48, Lincoln, WV

Built 2000 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROUTE 32

Good

Over: TRACE CREEK

0.11 MILES S OF W.V. 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 2007 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 200

CR 7

Good

Over: MUD RIVER

0.04 MI. N. OF CR 7/1, Lincoln, WV

Built 2012 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 450

COUNTY ROUTE 48

Good

Over: GUYANDOTTE RIVER

0.02 MILE EAST OF WV 10, Lincoln, WV

Built 2011 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROUTE 10/17

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

0.65 MILES NORTH OF WV 10, Lincoln, WV

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

County Route 5/8

Good

Over: Toney Branch

0.06 mile north of CR 5, Lincoln, WV

Built 2015 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 40

WV 10

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

0.05 MI SOUTH OF CR 52, Lincoln, WV

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,900

WV 37

Good

Over: EAST FK OF 14 MI. CK

0.04 MILE WEST OF WV 10, Lincoln, WV

Built 2021 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 550

WV 10

Good

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

0.06 MI SOUTH OF CR 11, Lincoln, WV

Built 1975 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,200

CR 7

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

1.95 MI SOUTH OF CR 46, Lincoln, WV

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 10

COUNTY ROUTE 7/2

Good

Over: MUD RIVER

0.34 mile south of co 7, Lincoln, WV

Built 2007 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10

COUNTY ROUTE 7

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CREEK

0.04 MILE SOUTH OF CO 15, Lincoln, WV

Built 2015 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 400

Harp Rt. 940

Good

Over: Scary Creek

0.05 mi N of CR 22, Lincoln, WV

Built 2013 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10

WV 34

Good

Over: TRACE FORK

0.11 MILE SOUTH OF CR 4, Lincoln, WV

Built 1995 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,500

CR 22

Good

Over: SIXMILE ROAD CREEK

1.10 MI NORTH OF CR 48/1, Lincoln, WV

Built 1986 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROUTE 7/9

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CREEK

0.01 MILE WEST OF C.R. 7, Lincoln, WV

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CREEK

0.05 MI WEST OF CO 15/3, Lincoln, WV

Built 2018 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 150

WV 10

Good

Over: EAST FORK

0.54 MI NORTH OF CR 10/7, Lincoln, WV

Built 2020 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,700

CR 3/22

Good

Over: STRAIGHT FORK

0.03 MI. SOUTH OF WV 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 1996 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20

CR 7/12

Good

Over: MUD RIVER

0.01 MILE EAST OF CR 7, Lincoln, WV

Built 2000 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 30

CR 15

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CR

0.09 MI WEST OF CR 17, Lincoln, WV

Built 2019 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 150

CR 3/10

Good

Over: HORSE CREEK

1.63 MI SOUTH OF WV 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 2020 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 500

CR 3/6

Good

Over: MIDDLE FK MUD RIVER

0.03 MI SOUTH OF WV 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 1991 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 70

WV 10

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

0.14 MI SOUTH OF CR 6, Lincoln, WV

Built 1990 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 2,200

CR 7

Good

Over: BIG LAUREL CREEK

0.04 MI NORTH OF CR 22, Lincoln, WV

Built 1988 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 450

CR 7

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

0.05 MI SOUTH OF CR 30, Lincoln, WV

Built 1990 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 950

CR 13/1

Good

Over: FUQUAY CREEK

0.01 MI WEST OF WV 214, Lincoln, WV

Built 1987 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 300

WV 37

Good

Over: FOURTEEN MILE CREEK

0.66 MI EAST OF CO 37/2, Lincoln, WV

Built 2019 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 550

CR 46

Good

Over: PARSNER CREEK

0.03 MI EAST OF CR 44, Lincoln, WV

Built 1988 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 150

CR 15/2

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 15, Lincoln, WV

Built 1988 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 10

CR 13/3

Good

Over: JOES CREEK

0.02 MILE SOUTH OF C.R.16, Lincoln, WV

Built 1995 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 250

CR 7

Good

Over: MUD RIVER

0.02 MI SOUTH OF CR 46, Lincoln, WV

Built 1989 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROUTE 3/79

Good

Over: MUD RIVER

0.04 MILES SOUTH OF W V 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 2006 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 1,000

COUNTY ROUTE 37/1

Good

Over: FOURTEENMILE CREEK

0.05 MILES N OF WV 37, Lincoln, WV

Built 2010 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 40

CR 40

Good

Over: STRAIGHT FORK

0.07 MI SOUTH OF WV 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 1996 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 550

CR 119/1

Good

Over: FUQUAY CREEK

0.01 MI EAST OF WV 214, Lincoln, WV

Built 1981 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 450

CR 50/2

Poor

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

0.05 MI WEST OF CR 50, Lincoln, WV

Built 1978 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 10

CR 3/14

Poor

Over: MUD RIVER

0.18 MI SOUTH OF WV 3, Lincoln, WV

Built 1940 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 90

HARP 943

Poor

Over: NINEMILE CREEK

0.05 MILE SOUTH OF CR 54, Lincoln, WV

Built 2000 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 20

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