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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.

When Randolph County's bridges were built

190 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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.

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

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 Poor
Monongalia County 203 20.2%
Marion County 193 21.2%
Jackson County 191 23.6%
Randolph County (this page) 190 15.3%
Preston County 182 23.1%
Wood County 180 22.2%

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).

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 190 Good 58 Fair 103 Poor 29

Poor-condition bridges (29)

CR 20

Poor

Over: MIDDLE FORK RIVER

0.20 MI S OF CR 20/1, Randolph, WV

Built 1909 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 10

CR 32/4

Poor

Over: DRY FORK RIVER

0.01 MI N OF WV 32, Randolph, WV

Built 1986 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 20

C. R. 250/4

Poor

Over: SHAVERS FK CHEAT RIVER

0.49 MI W JCT U S 250, Randolph, WV

Built 1912 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 10

C.R. 15/5

Poor

Over: TYGART VALLEY RIVER

0.07 MI. W. U.S.219, Randolph, WV

Built 1915 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 50

RAND. CO. 33/14

Poor

Over: TAYLOR RUN

0.11 MI. S. JCT U.S. 33, Randolph, WV

Built 1915 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 20

RANDOLPH CR 219/12

Poor

Over: KINGS RUN

0.18 MILES N JCT US 219, Randolph, WV

Built 1915 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 200

CR 5/6

Poor

Over: ISNER CREEK

0.15 MI N US 219, Randolph, WV

Built 1915 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 800

CR 33/2

Poor

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.65 MI S CR 37/8, Randolph, WV

Built 1990 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 50

C. R. 56

Poor

Over: RIFFLE CREEK

0.08 MI. WEST U.S. 250, Randolph, WV

Built 1937 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 300

CR 7

Poor

Over: DAVIS LICK

0.15 MI E JCT CR 3/1, Randolph, WV

Built 1949 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 150

DAVIS AVENUE

Poor

Over: TYGART VALLEY RIVER

0.44 MI S JCT RAND. AVE., Randolph, WV

Built 1948 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 8,000

C.R. 37

Poor

Over: TYGART VALLEY RIVER

0.05 MI N JCT CR 39, Randolph, WV

Built 1900 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 600

CR 33/8

Poor

Over: BICKLE RUN

0.77 MI. W. JCT US 33, Randolph, WV

Built 1933 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100

CR 9/1

Poor

Over: LOG LICK RUN

0.66 MI N CR 9, Randolph, WV

Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 30

US. 33

Poor

Over: HORSECAMP RUN

0.03 MI. W. OF WV.32, Randolph, WV

Built 1955 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,100

US. 33 & WV. 55

Poor

Over: ISNER CREEK

0.08 MI. W. OF CR. 5/7, Randolph, WV

Built 1939 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,100

CR 37

Poor

Over: RIGHT FORK FILES CREEK

0.01 MI W CR 37/8, Randolph, WV

Built 1968 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 25

C R 1/2

Poor

Over: CAMPFIELD RUN

0.48 MI S JCT CR 1/6, Randolph, WV

Built 1958 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50

C. R. 46

Poor

Over: LEFT FORK BUCKHANNON R.

0.04 MI S JCT CR 46, Randolph, WV

Built 1985 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 300

C. R. 219/38

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

1.52 MI N JCT CR 219/16, Randolph, WV

Built 1938 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 40

COUNTY RTE. 5/20

Poor

Over: ROARING CREEK

0.10 MI. N. CR. 5/5, Randolph, WV

Built 1984 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50

RAND. C.R. 24

Poor

Over: FILES CREEK

0.21 MI. S. JCT. CR 37/8, Randolph, WV

Built 1995 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROUTE 46

Poor

Over: LT.FK.RT.FK.BUCKHANNON R

0.05 MI. N. OF CR. 46/7, Randolph, WV

Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 33/8

Poor

Over: SHAVERS FORK CHEAT RIVER

0.03 MI.E. OF CR 5/12, Randolph, WV

Built 1933 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROUTE 29

Poor

Over: DRY FORK RIVER

0.04 MI. N. JCT CR 31, Randolph, WV

Built 1986 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 500

US 219

Poor

Over: ELKWATER FORK

0.16 MI.S. OF CR 58, Randolph, WV

Built 1994 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,500

C. R. 51

Poor

Over: TYGART VALLEY RIVER

0.01 MI S JCT U S 219, Randolph, WV

Built 1991 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 100

US 33

Poor

Over: TYGART VALLEY R. & CSX R

1.30 MI WEST JCT US 250, Randolph, WV

Built 1994 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 4,500

US 33

Poor

Over: TYGART VALLEY R.& CSX RR

1.30 MI WEST JCT. U.S.250, Randolph, WV

Built 1994 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 4,500

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