Total bridges
115
Public highway bridges in Ohio County
County profile · official public datasets
Ohio County, WV
115 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 17.4% rated Good, 55.7% Fair, 27% Poor.
- 115
- Public bridges
- 17.4%
- Good condition
- 27%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Ohio 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.
- 51st
- of 55 on Poor share
- 27%
- Poor-condition share
- 115
- public highway bridges
- 1967
- 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.
Ohio County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Ohio County ranks #51 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 27%). Ohio County, West Virginia contains 115 public highway bridges. Roughly 17.4% are rated “Good,” 55.7% “Fair,” and 27% “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
17.4%
20 of 115 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.7%
64 of 115 rated 5-6
Poor condition
27%
31 of 115 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#51 of 55
Among West Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 115 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 17.4% (20)
Fair 55.7% (64)
Poor 27% (31)
Ohio County's Poor-condition bridges carry 156,871 vehicle crossings a day
That is 17.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 27% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,060 crossings a day against 7,390 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 115 of 115 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
56.5% of Ohio County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
65 of the 115 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 17.4% 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 17.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
Interstate 70 EB over Wheeling Creek & City St, built 1966, carries 27,010 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 31-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 156,871 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Ohio County's bridges were built
115 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 3
Built before 1900
3 bridges
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
11 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
17 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
25 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s 7
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s 5
2010–2019
5 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 25 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1967, 13 years older than the West Virginia average of 1980.
How Ohio County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Ohio County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 27% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is 16 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 54 West Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley County | 119 | 28.6% | 66.4% | 5% | 1986 |
| Lincoln County | 118 | 31.4% | 50.8% | 17.8% | 1989 |
| Pocahontas County | 118 | 23.7% | 55.9% | 20.3% | 1982 |
| Ohio County (this page) | 115 | 17.4% | 55.7% | 27% | 1967 |
| Pendleton County | 114 | 16.7% | 62.3% | 21.1% | 1985 |
| Wetzel County | 107 | 39.3% | 34.6% | 26.2% | 1975 |
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 Ohio 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 Ohio County, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside WV (115 bridges here).
- Alachua County, FL · 115 bridges
- Walton County, GA · 115 bridges
- Latah County, ID · 115 bridges
- Whitley County, IN · 115 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1967 here).
- Los Angeles County, CA · avg 1967 · 3,547 bridges
- Allegheny County, PA · avg 1967 · 1,294 bridges
- Sonoma County, CA · avg 1967 · 609 bridges
- Merced County, CA · avg 1967 · 528 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (20)
US 250 Northbound
GoodOver: 26th & 27th Streets
At junction CR 18/2, Ohio, WV
Built 1978 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,875
West Virginia 88
GoodOver: Short Creek
0.01 Mi. South Jct CR7, Ohio, WV
Built 2021 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 4,100
US 250 Southbound
GoodOver: CR 18/2 & CR 24/1
0.07 mi. South jct CR18/2, Ohio, WV
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,875
US250 SB Con.-Dis.
GoodOver: Abandoned RR
0.08 mi. South jct CR18/2, Ohio, WV
Built 1978 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,750
US 250 Coll.-Dist.
GoodOver: CR18/3 (29th Street)
0.21 mi. South jct CR18/2, Ohio, WV
Built 1978 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,750
US 250 Coll.-Dist.
GoodOver: CR18/3 (29th street)
0.19 mi. South jct CR18/3, Ohio, WV
Built 1978 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,750
County Route 15
GoodOver: Waddles Run
0.89 mi. East jct WV88, Ohio, WV
Built 1998 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,700
CR 70/01
GoodOver: I 70
Junction I-70, Ohio, WV
Built 2009 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 6,000
County Route 29
GoodOver: Little Wheeling Creek
0.02mi. North JCT US 40, Ohio, WV
Built 2018 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 750
Interstate 70 EB
GoodOver: Wheeling Creek
0.69 mi. East jct US 40, Ohio, WV
Built 2021 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 19,700
US Route 40
GoodOver: Little Wheeling Creek
0.21 mi. West jct CR 27, Ohio, WV
Built 2000 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 4,500
County Route 91/1
GoodOver: Interstate 470
0.13 mi. North jct CR18/3, Ohio, WV
Built 1975 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 8,600
Interstate 70 WB
GoodOver: Wheeling Creek
0.69 mi. East jct US 40, Ohio, WV
Built 2020 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 24,550
County Route 65
GoodOver: Interstate 70
0.47 Mi. West Jct CR 41/1, Ohio, WV
Built 2004 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 3,400
Interstate 70 WB
GoodOver: 39/4 CR
0.8 mi. East jct CO 41, Ohio, WV
Built 2022 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 12,850
Interstate 70 EB
GoodOver: 39/4 CR
0.8 mi. East jct CO 41, Ohio, WV
Built 2022 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 12,850
US 40
GoodOver: Ohio River Back Channel
0.39 mi. West jct I-70, Ohio, WV
Built 1998 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 10,300
US Route 40
GoodOver: Little Wheeling Creek
0.24 Mi. East Jct Cr 40/5, Ohio, WV
Built 2022 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 950
West Virginia 2
GoodOver: Short Creek
0.10 mi. South jct CR 2/2, Ohio, WV
Built 2019 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 4,200
Wells Street
GoodOver: Long Run
0.01 mi. West jct CR7, Ohio, WV
Built 2010 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 350
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