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Randolph County, WV

190 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.5% rated Good, 54.2% Fair, 15.3% Poor.

190
Public bridges: 30.5%
Good condition: 15.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 40%
lowest Poor share in state: 15.3%
Poor-condition share: 190
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.

Randolph County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Randolph County ranks #22 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 15.3%). Randolph County, West Virginia contains 190 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.5% are rated “Good,” 54.2% “Fair,” and 15.3% “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

190

Public highway bridges in Randolph County

Good condition

30.5%

58 of 190 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54.2%

103 of 190 rated 5-6

Poor condition

15.3%

29 of 190 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#22 of 55

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

Condition distribution

Share of 190 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

30.5% (58)

Fair

54.2% (103)

Poor

15.3% (29)

Randolph County's Poor-condition bridges carry 30,155 vehicle crossings a day

That is 10.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 15.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,040 crossings a day against 1,308 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 188 of 190 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

17.4% of Randolph County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

33 of the 190 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 30.5% 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 26.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

DAVIS AVENUE over TYGART VALLEY RIVER, built 1948, 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 29-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 30,155 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

2
1910s

5
1930s

5
1940s

5
1950s

7
1960s

7
1970s

7
1980s

35
1990s

48
2000s

38
2010s

27
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 48 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 9 years newer than the West Virginia average of 1980.

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

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Randolph County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 15.3% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 13 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Randolph County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Monongalia County	203	36.9%	42.9%	20.2%	1980
Marion County	193	48.2%	30.6%	21.2%	1977
Jackson County	191	38.2%	38.2%	23.6%	1973
Randolph County (this page)	190	30.5%	54.2%	15.3%	1989
Preston County	182	35.2%	41.8%	23.1%	1971
Wood County	180	42.2%	35.6%	22.2%	1980

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (190 bridges here).

Clinton County, IL · 190 bridges
Wapello County, IA · 190 bridges
Webster County, IA · 190 bridges
Bienville County, LA · 190 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Harris County, TX · avg 1989 · 4,029 bridges
Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
Brazos County, TX · avg 1989 · 370 bridges

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

All 190 Good 58 Fair 103 Poor 29

All bridges (190)

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Randolph County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Randolph County's Poor-condition bridges carry 30,155 vehicle crossings a day

17.4% of Randolph County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 26.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Randolph 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 (190)

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FR 826

CR 9

US. 250

CR 219/16

C.R. 32/6

CR 39/1

CR. 21

U S 33

CR 64/6

C.R.6

CR 22

COUNTY ROUTE 39/1

C.R. 219/86

U.S. 219

U.S.219

C. R. 29

CR 37/8

US 33

CR 39

US 48

US 48

C.R. 40

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US 33

U.S. 33

U.S. 33

C.R. 39

C.R. 21

US. 219

U.S.219

U.S. 33

US 219

C.R. 219/34

C. R. 5/18

US 219

CR 50

CR 50

CR 21

CR 43

C.R. 25

U.S. 219

CR 49

CR. 43

C.R 46

CR 219/34

County Route 14

U S 219

CR 2

Louk Run

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