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Monroe County, WV

63 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 23.8% rated Good, 61.9% Fair, 14.3% Poor.

63
Public bridges
23.8%
Good condition
14.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 31%
lowest Poor share in state
14.3%
Poor-condition share
63
public highway bridges
1983
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.

Monroe County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Monroe County ranks #17 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14.3%). Monroe County, West Virginia contains 63 public highway bridges. Roughly 23.8% are rated “Good,” 61.9% “Fair,” and 14.3% “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

63

Public highway bridges in Monroe County

Good condition

23.8%

15 of 63 rated 7-9

Fair condition

61.9%

39 of 63 rated 5-6

Poor condition

14.3%

9 of 63 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#17 of 55

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

Condition distribution

Share of 63 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
23.8% (15)
Fair
61.9% (39)
Poor
14.3% (9)

Monroe County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,444 vehicle crossings a day

That is 11.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 14.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 494 crossings a day against 800 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 63 of 63 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

28.6% of Monroe County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

18 of the 63 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 23.8% 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 40.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 219 over INDIAN CREEK, built 1930, carries 1,808 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,444 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Monroe County's bridges were built

63 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the West Virginia average (1980).

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

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

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Monroe County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14.3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1979 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 Monroe County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Tucker County 69 17.4%
Summers County 66 7.6%
Taylor County 65 7.7%
Mineral County 63 7.9%
Monroe County (this page) 63 14.3%
Brooke County 57 17.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (63 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1983 here).

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

All 63 Good 15 Fair 39 Poor 9

All bridges (63)

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Fair

Over: SECOND CREEK

0.01 Miles N. of CR 15/1, Monroe, WV

Built 1914 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 498

COUNTY ROUT 219/13

Fair

Over: ROCK CAMP CREEK

0.08 Miles W. of US 219, Monroe, WV

Built 1953 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 5/4

Fair

Over: SECOND CREEK

0.26 Miles N. of CR 5/1, Monroe, WV

Built 1962 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 25

Fair

Over: HANS CREEK

0.25 Miles N. of CR 25, Monroe, WV

Built 1956 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 190

COUNTY ROUTE 10

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.01 Miles E. of CR 7/2, Monroe, WV

Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 326

COUNTY ROUTE 12/5

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

0.01 Miles W. of CR 12/19, Monroe, WV

Built 2003 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 110

COUNTY ROUTE 3/14

Fair

Over: COVE CREEK

0.03 Miles S. of CR 3/16, Monroe, WV

Built 2006 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60

WV 12

Fair

Over: FITZ RUN

0.53 Miles S. of CR 27, Monroe, WV

Built 1940 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,105

COUNTY ROUTE 10

Fair

Over: BROAD RUN

0.05 Miles E. of WV 3, Monroe, WV

Built 1929 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 66

US 219

Fair

Over: RICH CREEK

0.11 Miles N. of WV 12, Monroe, WV

Built 1931 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,199

US 219

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.07 Miles S of CR 219/32, Monroe, WV

Built 1931 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,807

COUNTY ROUTE 15/3

Fair

Over: SOUTH FORK POTTS CREEK

0.08 Miles S. of CR 17, Monroe, WV

Built 1956 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 71

COUNTY ROUTE 23/5

Fair

Over: BACK CREEK

0.40 Miles E. of WV 122, Monroe, WV

Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 29

Fair

Over: DROPPING LICK CREEK

0.16 Miles E. of US 219, Monroe, WV

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 364

COUNTY ROUTE 24/8

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

0.02 Miles S. of CR 24, Monroe, WV

Built 1977 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 88

WV 122

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.01 Miles E. of CR 23/7, Monroe, WV

Built 1991 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 650

WV 122

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.29 Miles W. of CR 23/5, Monroe, WV

Built 1992 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 654

COUNTY ROUTE 13/5

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

0.66 Miles E. of CR 13, Monroe, WV

Built 1990 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 33

WV 122

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.21 Miles E. of CR 23/6, Monroe, WV

Built 1991 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 650

WV 3

Fair

Over: GREENBRIER RIVER CSX RR

0.01 Miles E. of WV 12, Monroe, WV

Built 1975 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 700

US 219

Fair

Over: SECOND CREEK

0.02 Miles N. of CR 219/1, Monroe, WV

Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,477

COUNTY ROUTE 3/2

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.46 Miles W. of WV 3, Monroe, WV

Built 2010 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 29

Fair

Over: DROPPING LICK FORK

0.20 Miles W. of CR 29/2, Monroe, WV

Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUT 219/22

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

0.15 Miles E. of US 219, Monroe, WV

Built 2006 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 121

WV 122

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.03 Miles W. of CR 23/5, Monroe, WV

Built 1992 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 645

HARP 905

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.07 Miles E. of US 219, Monroe, WV

Built 2002 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 22

WV 3

Fair

Over: SECOND CREEK

0.01 Miles E. of CR 3/11, Monroe, WV

Built 1996 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,575

COUNTY ROUTE 10

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.41 Miles W. of CR 10/1, Monroe, WV

Built 1995 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 128

COUNTY ROUTE 13

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

0.01 Miles N. of CR 13/5, Monroe, WV

Built 1995 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 775

COUNTYROUTE 219/23

Fair

Over: RICH CREEK

0.06 Miles E of CR 219/23, Monroe, WV

Built 1999 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 356

COUNTY ROUTE 12/1

Fair

Over: KITE CREEK

0.08 Miles W. of CR 24/8, Monroe, WV

Built 2004 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROUTE 24/6

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

0.01 Miles W. of CR 24, Monroe, WV

Built 1993 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 11

COUNTY ROUTE 10

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.42 Miles E. of WV 3, Monroe, WV

Built 2009 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 326

COUNTY ROUTE 219/1

Fair

Over: SECOND CREEK

0.01 Miles N. of CR 219/4, Monroe, WV

Built 1992 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 396

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Fair

Over: KITCHEN CREEK

0.01 Miles S. of WV 3, Monroe, WV

Built 1990 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 498

COUNTY ROUTE 29/1

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

0.11 Miles W. of CR 13, Monroe, WV

Built 1997 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 23

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.54 Miles E. of CR 23/2, Monroe, WV

Built 1994 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 166

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK POTTS CREEK

0.40 Miles N. of CR 17, Monroe, WV

Built 2004 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 15/5

Fair

Over: SOUTH FORK POTTS CREEK

0.04 Miles E. of CR 17, Monroe, WV

Built 2004 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 30

US 219

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.81 Miles N. of WV 122, Monroe, WV

Built 1991 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,790

CR 25

Good

Over: Hans Creek

0.45 MI N OF CR 25/3, Monroe, WV

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33

FEDERAL ST/US 219

Good

Over: RICH CREEK

2.60 Miles N. of US 460, Monroe, WV

Built 2015 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 8,567

CR 15

Good

Over: Potts Creek

0.08 Miles South of CR 17, Monroe, WV

Built 2023 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 90

COUNTY ROUTE 17

Good

Over: North Fork Potts Creek

0.37 Miles E. of CR 15, Monroe, WV

Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 23/3

Good

Over: Indian Creek

0.17 Miles S. of WV 122, Monroe, WV

Built 2016 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 200

CO. ROUTE 219/21

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.10 Miles E. of US 219, Monroe, WV

Built 2009 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 55

COUNTY ROUTE 23/6

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.07 Miles W. of WV 122, Monroe, WV

Built 2004 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 11

WV 122

Good

Over: LAUREL CREEK

0.08 Miles W. of CR 23/3, Monroe, WV

Built 2012 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 600

COUNTY ROUTE 23/4

Good

Over: LAUREL CREEK

0.20 Miles W of CR 219/11, Monroe, WV

Built 1911 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 86

COUNTY ROUTE 23/8

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.01 Miles N. of WV 122, Monroe, WV

Built 2010 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 22

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