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Tucker County, WV

69 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.4% rated Good, 52.2% Fair, 17.4% Poor.

69
Public bridges
30.4%
Good condition
17.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 49%
lowest Poor share in state
17.4%
Poor-condition share
69
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.

Tucker County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tucker County ranks #27 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.4%). Tucker County, West Virginia contains 69 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.4% are rated “Good,” 52.2% “Fair,” and 17.4% “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

69

Public highway bridges in Tucker County

Good condition

30.4%

21 of 69 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.2%

36 of 69 rated 5-6

Poor condition

17.4%

12 of 69 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#27 of 55

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

Condition distribution

Share of 69 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
30.4% (21)
Fair
52.2% (36)
Poor
17.4% (12)

Tucker County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,951 vehicle crossings a day

That is 9.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 329 crossings a day against 429 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 69 of 69 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

36.2% of Tucker County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

25 of the 69 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 30.4% 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 45.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WV 32 over BLACKWATER RIVER, built 1931, carries 1,800 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,951 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Tucker County's bridges were built

69 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 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 Tucker County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Tucker County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.4% Poor share is the 5th-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 Tucker County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Tyler County 73 20.5%
Tucker County (this page) 69 17.4%
Summers County 66 7.6%
Taylor County 65 7.7%
Mineral County 63 7.9%
Monroe County 63 14.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (69 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 69 Good 21 Fair 36 Poor 12

Fair-condition bridges (36)

WV 38

Fair

Over: BRUSHY FORK

0.07 MI.E. JCT CR 17, Tucker, WV

Built 1948 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 700

C.R. 29/1

Fair

Over: BLACKWATER RIVER

0.29 MI E JCT CR 29, Tucker, WV

Built 1956 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 300

FR 244

Fair

Over: BIG RUN

3 MILES E OF HENDRICKS, Tucker, WV

Built 1982 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 50

C. R. 7

Fair

Over: WOLF RUN

0.01 MI S JCT CR 7/5, Tucker, WV

Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50

C. R. 11

Fair

Over: LICKING CREEK

0.15 MI E JCT CR 11/1, Tucker, WV

Built 1952 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 20

C. R. 21

Fair

Over: CLOVER RUN

0.11 MI W. JCT WV 38, Tucker, WV

Built 1936 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

C. R. 25

Fair

Over: DRY RUN

0.15 MI E JCT C.R. 1, Tucker, WV

Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50

US 219

Fair

Over: ROARING RUN

0.13 MI. N. OF WV 72, Tucker, WV

Built 1964 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,200

C. R. 12

Fair

Over: MINEAR RUN

0.06 MI N JCT CR 5, Tucker, WV

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 30

TUCKER CR 45

Fair

Over: DRY FORK RIVER

0.04 MI.S.JCT.CR.35/16, Tucker, WV

Built 1937 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 10

C.R. 8

Fair

Over: LEFT FORK CLOVER RUN

1.30 MI. N. JCT. C.R. 21, Tucker, WV

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5

WV 72

Fair

Over: CLOVER RUN

0.15 MI. S. WV 38, Tucker, WV

Built 1956 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,100

U S 219

Fair

Over: N. FK. BLACKWATER RIVER

0.05 MI S WV 32, Tucker, WV

Built 1980 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,500

TUCKER CR 1

Fair

Over: CHEAT RIVER

0.32 MILES N JCT CR 1/15, Tucker, WV

Built 1983 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 550

WV 93

Fair

Over: Beaver Creek

2.32 mi. North WV 32, Tucker, WV

Built 2015 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,050

TUCKER CR 1

Fair

Over: MILL RUN

0.53 MILES S JCT CR 25, Tucker, WV

Built 1952 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 5

Fair

Over: CHEAT RIVER

0.08 MI. N. WV 72, Tucker, WV

Built 1985 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 700

C.R.219/10

Fair

Over: HADDIX RUN

0.04 MI. S.JCT.CR219/20, Tucker, WV

Built 2004 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 90

C.R. 39

Fair

Over: HADDIX RUN

0.20 MI. S. JCT. U.S. 219, Tucker, WV

Built 1999 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 200

CR 1

Fair

Over: HORSESHOE RUN

0.32 MILES N JCT CR 7, Tucker, WV

Built 1978 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 400

C.R.1

Fair

Over: WOLF RUN

0.10 MI S JCT C. R. 31, Tucker, WV

Built 1991 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 150

C.R. 8

Fair

Over: INDIAN RUN

0.10 MI. N. JCT. CR 21, Tucker, WV

Built 1998 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 10

C.R. 45/1

Fair

Over: RED CREEK

0.59 MI W JCT CR 45/4, Tucker, WV

Built 1995 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 50

US 219

Fair

Over: ROARING RUN

0.01 MILES S. JCT CR 33, Tucker, WV

Built 1991 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 2,200

C. R. 27/4

Fair

Over: N. FORK BLACKWATER RIVER

0.07 MI W JCT CR 27, Tucker, WV

Built 1980 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 20

CR 8

Fair

Over: LEFT FORK CLOVER RUN

0.76 MI. N JCT. CR 21, Tucker, WV

Built 1999 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 10

US 219 AND WV 72

Fair

Over: SHAVERS FORK CHEAT RIVER

0.15 MILES N. JCT. WV 72, Tucker, WV

Built 2008 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 5,900

C.R. 27

Fair

Over: N.FK.BLACKWATER RIVER

0.04 MI N CR 27/3, Tucker, WV

Built 1988 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 100

C.R. 9

Fair

Over: HORSESHOE RUN

0.07 MI W JCT CR 7, Tucker, WV

Built 1989 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 50

US219 & WVA 72

Fair

Over: BLACKFORK CHEAT RIVER

0.33 MI S OF CR 219/6, Tucker, WV

Built 2010 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 5,900

CR 9

Fair

Over: Hile Run

0.40 MILES WEST OF CR 7, Tucker, WV

Built 2011 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 40

TUCKER CR 39 (SLS)

Fair

Over: LAUREL RUN

0.03 MI S JCT CR 39/3, Tucker, WV

Built 2005 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 300

WV 72

Fair

Over: ROARING RUN

0.05 MI S OF US 219, Tucker, WV

Built 1964 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 1,800

WV 72

Fair

Over: BULL RUN

0.06 MI N OF CR 13, Tucker, WV

Built 1964 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 600

WV 72

Fair

Over: LAUREL RUN

2.29 MI. NORTH CR 26, Tucker, WV

Built 1933 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 300

C. R. 32/18

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.15 MI. E. JCT. WV 32, Tucker, WV

Built 1986 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 50

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