Total bridges
163
Public highway bridges in Wayne County
County profile · official public datasets
Wayne County, WV
163 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.9% rated Good, 60.7% Fair, 18.4% Poor.
- 163
- Public bridges
- 20.9%
- Good condition
- 18.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wayne County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 30th
- of 55 on Poor share
- 18.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 163
- 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.
Wayne County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wayne County ranks #30 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 18.4%). Wayne County, West Virginia contains 163 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.9% are rated “Good,” 60.7% “Fair,” and 18.4% “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.
Good condition
20.9%
34 of 163 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.7%
99 of 163 rated 5-6
Poor condition
18.4%
30 of 163 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#30 of 55
Among West Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 163 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 20.9% (34)
Fair 60.7% (99)
Poor 18.4% (30)
Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 65,256 vehicle crossings a day
That is 13.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 18.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,175 crossings a day against 3,572 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 163 of 163 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
25.2% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
41 of the 163 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 20.9% 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 29% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I 64 WB over US 52 AND WV 75, built 1962, carries 18,900 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 30-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 65,256 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wayne County's bridges were built
163 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 7
1910–1919
7 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s 7
1960–1969
7 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
30 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
36 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
16 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
24 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 36 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the West Virginia average (1980).
How Wayne County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Wayne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 18.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 54 West Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County | 174 | 2.3% | 72.4% | 25.3% | 1977 |
| Mingo County | 165 | 29.1% | 55.8% | 15.2% | 1992 |
| Wayne County (this page) | 163 | 20.9% | 60.7% | 18.4% | 1982 |
| Wyoming County | 160 | 3.1% | 63.8% | 33.1% | 1985 |
| Lewis County | 159 | 21.4% | 65.4% | 13.2% | 1966 |
| Braxton County | 148 | 16.9% | 73.6% | 9.5% | 1978 |
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 Wayne 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 Wayne County, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside WV (163 bridges here).
- Mercer County, IL · 163 bridges
- Jennings County, IN · 163 bridges
- Wayne County, IA · 163 bridges
- Jackson County, LA · 163 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (163)
CR 26
FairOver: BEECH FORK
0.02 MI SOUTH OF CR 21, Wayne, WV
Built 1916 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 100
CR 52/29
FairOver: BULL CREEK
0.10 MI EAST OF CR 29/9, Wayne, WV
Built 1925 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 150
KY 3
FairOver: Tug Fork River
KY State Line, Wayne, WV
Built 1977 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 9,364
ACCESS ROAD
FairOver: E Fork Twelvepole Cr.
EAST FORK CAMP GROUND, Wayne, WV
Built 1969 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 50
CR 18
FairOver: GRAGSTON CREEK
0.63 MI NORTH OF CR 20, Wayne, WV
Built 1940 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 250
CR 35
FairOver: MISSOURI BRANCH
0.40 MI NORTH OF CR 40, Wayne, WV
Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,500
WV 37
FairOver: LAUREL CREEK
1.85 MILE WEST OF CR 28, Wayne, WV
Built 1975 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 400
CR 19/6
FairOver: WHITES CREEK
0.08 MI NORTH OF CR 19, Wayne, WV
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30
I64 WBL
FairOver: CR 3&5 12 POLE NSRR
0.78 mile west of WV75, Wayne, WV
Built 2010 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 21,800
CR 52/32
FairOver: JENNIE CREEK
0.05 MI EAST OF CR 52/31, Wayne, WV
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40
CR 29/18
FairOver: BULL CREEK
0.01 MI. SOUTH OF CR 29/9, Wayne, WV
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60
CO 52/31
FairOver: SHIRT TAIL FORK
3.90 MI EAST OF US 52, Wayne, WV
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 450
WV 37
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
0.02 MI WEST OF CR 27, Wayne, WV
Built 1935 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,100
WV 152
FairOver: SYCAMORE BRANCH
0.03 MI NORTH OF C.R. 30, Wayne, WV
Built 1937 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,100
US 60
FairOver: Big Sandy River
0.1 mile West CR 1, Wayne, WV
Built 1987 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 10,800
COUNTY ROUTE 41/1
FairOver: WEST FORK TWELVEPOLE CK
0.01 MILES S C R 41, Wayne, WV
Built 2010 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 90
CO 52/87
FairOver: JENNIE CREEK
0.10 MI WEST OF CR 52/30, Wayne, WV
Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40
PARK & FOREST 801
FairOver: LONG BRANCH
0.35 MI WEST OF CR 17, Wayne, WV
Built 1974 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY ROUTE 35
FairOver: KIAH CREEK
EAST LYNN LAKE, Wayne, WV
Built 1940 Load: 29.6 t ADT: 10
US 52
FairOver: LOST CREEK
0.09 MI EAST OF CR 44, Wayne, WV
Built 1966 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,000
CR 41
FairOver: SWEETWATER BRANCH
0.08 MI SOUTH OF CR 35, Wayne, WV
Built 1910 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 250
CR 3/18
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.01 MILE NORTH OF CR 3, Wayne, WV
Built 2001 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,000
COUNTY ROUTE 24/5
FairOver: MILLERS FORK
0.01 MILES SOUTH OF CR 24, Wayne, WV
Built 2004 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 30
INTERSTATE 64 EBL
FairOver: County Route 5/1
1.21 MI. E. OF WV 75 EXIT, Wayne, WV
Built 2005 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 21,800
INTERSTATE 64 WBL
FairOver: County Route 5/1
1.21 MI. E. OF WV 75 EXIT, Wayne, WV
Built 2005 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 18,900
US 52
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
0.13 MI EAST OF CR 27, Wayne, WV
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,600
CR 17
FairOver: MILLERS FORK
0.10 MI SOUTH OF CR 22, Wayne, WV
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800
CR 19
FairOver: WHITES CREEK
0.97 MI EAST OF CR 14, Wayne, WV
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
CR 36
FairOver: LEFT FK OF MILL CREEK
0.03 MI WEST OF CR 36/3, Wayne, WV
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850
CR 25
FairOver: LEFT FORK OF CAMP CREEK
1.37 MILE EAST OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100
INTERSTATE 64
FairOver: EDGEWOOD DRIVE
1.17 MILE WEST OF US 52, Wayne, WV
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,900
I 64 WBL
FairOver: COUNTY ROUTE 7
2.03 MILE WEST OF US 52, Wayne, WV
Built 1993 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 18,900
CR 37/38
FairOver: EAST FORK TWELVEPOLE CRK
0.04 MI S. OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20
US 52
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.04 MI WEST OF CR 29/14, Wayne, WV
Built 1974 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,400
INTERSTATE 64
FairOver: EDGEWOOD DRIVE
1.17 MILE WEST OF US 52, Wayne, WV
Built 2005 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 21,800
WV 37
FairOver: EAST FK TWELVEPOLE CK
0.01 MI EAST OF CR 25, Wayne, WV
Built 1976 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,300
WV 37
FairOver: LICK CREEK
0.06 MI EAST OF CR 37/14, Wayne, WV
Built 1971 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 500
WV 37
FairOver: LYNN CREEK
0.01 MI. W. OF CR.30, Wayne, WV
Built 1987 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,200
WV 152
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.02 MI NORTH OF CR 52/26, Wayne, WV
Built 1976 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,800
WV 152
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.10 MI SOUTH OF CR 52/42, Wayne, WV
Built 1976 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 7,300
WV 75
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.05 MI WEST OF CR 7/6, Wayne, WV
Built 1987 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,900
CR 30/1
FairOver: RIGHT FORK OF LYNN CREEK
0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 30, Wayne, WV
Built 1975 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 90
WV 152
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.19 MI NORTH OF CR 52/43, Wayne, WV
Built 1976 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 7,300
COUNTY ROUTE 11
FairOver: CAMP CREEK
0.06MILES NORTH OF WV 152, Wayne, WV
Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 600
US 52
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.08 MI WEST OF CR 37/1, Wayne, WV
Built 1974 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 4,500
CR 25
FairOver: TIGER FORK
0.03 MI WEST OF CR 25/1, Wayne, WV
Built 1986 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,100
WV 152
FairOver: WEST FORK TWELVEPOLE CRK
0.02 MI SOUTH OF CR 40, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,900
CR 52/24
FairOver: BIG BRANCH
0.77 MI EAST OF WV 152, Wayne, WV
Built 1979 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 150
US 52 NB
FairOver: CR 252/15 Burke Street
1.00 MILE SOUTH OF CR 20, Wayne, WV
Built 1997 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,800
US 52 SB
FairOver: CR 252/15 Burke Street
1.00 MILE SOUTH OF CR 20, Wayne, WV
Built 1997 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,800
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