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Pocahontas County, WV

118 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 23.7% rated Good, 55.9% Fair, 20.3% Poor.

118
Public bridges
23.7%
Good condition
20.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Pocahontas County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

32nd
of 55 on Poor share
20.3%
Poor-condition share
118
public highway bridges
1982
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.

Pocahontas County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pocahontas County ranks #32 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 20.3%). Pocahontas County, West Virginia contains 118 public highway bridges. Roughly 23.7% are rated “Good,” 55.9% “Fair,” and 20.3% “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

118

Public highway bridges in Pocahontas County

Good condition

23.7%

28 of 118 rated 7-9

Fair condition

55.9%

66 of 118 rated 5-6

Poor condition

20.3%

24 of 118 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#32 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
23.7% (28)
Fair
55.9% (66)
Poor
20.3% (24)

Pocahontas County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,435 vehicle crossings a day

That is 41.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 20.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 976 crossings a day against 441 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.

37.3% of Pocahontas County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

44 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 23.7% 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 34.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WV 39 over GREENBRIER RIVER, built 1959, carries 8,000 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 23,435 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Pocahontas County's bridges were built

118 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 21 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the West Virginia average (1980).

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

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

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Pocahontas County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 20.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 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 Pocahontas 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%
Lincoln County 118 17.8%
Pocahontas County (this page) 118 20.3%
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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas 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 (1982 here).

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

All 118 Good 28 Fair 66 Poor 24

Good-condition bridges (28)

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: GERTRUDE RUN

NO DATA ENTERED, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2018 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 10

CR 219/15

Good

Over: GREENBRIER RIVER

0.26 MI E JCT CR 219/5, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2015 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 30

CROOKED FORK ROAD

Good

Over: OLD FIELD FORK

9 MI NORTH MARLINTON WV, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

WV 66

Good

Over: GREENBRIER RIVER

0.15 MI E OF CR 1, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100

U.S. 219 & W.V. 39

Good

Over: SWAGO CREEK

0.27 Mi South Jct. CR 18, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2012 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,000

WV Route 39

Good

Over: KNAPP CREEK

0.03 mi. East jct WV 28, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2017 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,400

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: NO DATA ENTERED

NO DATA ENTERED, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2018 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 10

Pocahontas CR 1/8

Good

Over: LITTLE THORNY CREEK

0.5 mi. W of jct CR 1/10, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1979 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 20

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: BLACK MOUNTAIN RUN

NO DATA ENTERED, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 100

CR 11/6

Good

Over: BROWNS CREEK

0.01 MI EAST OF WV 28, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2010 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50

Poca. Co. Rt 219/3

Good

Over: STONEY CREEK

0.78 mi S. of Poca CR. 19, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2016 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 300

CR 20

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

0.83 MI. N. CR 31, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2014 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 150

U.S. 250 & WV 92

Good

Over: E. FORK GREENBRIER RIVER

0.03 MI. N. JCT. WV 28, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1997 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,600

WV 92

Good

Over: SUGAR CAMP RUN

0.61 MI N JCT CR 13, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2005 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 500

C.R. 28/19

Good

Over: EAST FORK GREENBRIER R.

0.22 MI. N.US250 & WV28, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2000 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 80

US 219

Good

Over: STAMPING CREEK

0.14 MI. S . OF WV 39, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2006 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 1,700

C. R. 6/4

Good

Over: NORTH FORK DEER CREEK

0.18 MI S JCT CR 6/1, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1996 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 150

C. R. 27/3

Good

Over: ISLAND LICK RUN

2.70 MI E JCT CR 21/3, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1935 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 100

WV 28

Good

Over: LONG RUN

2.62 MI. N. JCT. U.S. 250, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1998 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 350

WV RT 84

Good

Over: BIRD RUN

1.53 MI. E. JCT. WV. 92, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2018 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 350

CR. 17/1

Good

Over: Laurel Creek

0.07 mile North jct. 17/4, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2021 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 40

CR 1/2

Good

Over: LEATHERBARK RUN

1.17 MI S CR 1, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1970 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 20

WV 28

Good

Over: Moore Run

0.16 MI N OF CR 28/26, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2021 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 1,300

County Route 29

Good

Over: Hills Creek

0.50 mi S CR 29/3, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2019 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 70

CR 4/1

Good

Over: Saulsbury Run

0.02 MI SOUTH OF CR 28/3, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2023 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 20

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: BRIDGE CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2022 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 100

CR 219/1

Good

Over: OLD FIELD FORK

0.02 MI. W. OF US 219, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1988 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 10

C.R. 17

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.31 MI E JCT CR 19, Pocahontas, WV

Built 1989 Load: 69.8 t ADT: 700

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.