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.
Fair-condition bridges (99)
CR 60/4
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.10 MI EAST OF CR 3, Wayne, WV
Built 1976 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,100
CR 7
FairOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.08 MI SOUTH OF WV 75, Wayne, WV
Built 1978 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 2,800
CR 24
FairOver: MILLER FORK
0.32 MI S OF CR 22, Wayne, WV
Built 2017 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 150
CR 12
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.01 MI SOUTH OF WV 152, Wayne, WV
Built 1980 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,400
WV ROUTE 75
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.03 MI EAST OF CR 7, Wayne, WV
Built 1980 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,300
WV 37
FairOver: Hurricane Creek
0.37 Mile East of CR 37/4, Wayne, WV
Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 800
CR 52/9
FairOver: RIGHT FORK OF GARRETT CK
0.07 MI WEST OF CR 52/37, Wayne, WV
Built 1979 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 350
US 52
FairOver: MARROWBONE CREEK
0.05 MI EAST OF CR 52/34, Wayne, WV
Built 1980 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 2,000
CR 52/55
FairOver: W. FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK.
0.61 MI SOUTH OF WV 152, Wayne, WV
Built 1907 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 10
CR 19/1
FairOver: WHITES CREEK
0.02 MI NORTH OF CR 19, Wayne, WV
Built 2001 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 750
US 52
FairOver: Gragston Creek
0.18 mile East of CR 18, Wayne, WV
Built 2012 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 3,900
WV 152
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.04 MI SOUTH OF CR 52/38, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 7,000
US 60
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.65 MILE WEST OF CR 60/5, Wayne, WV
Built 2000 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 6,600
COUNTY ROUTE 20
FairOver: GRAGSTON CREEK
0.03 MILES E OF CR 20/3, Wayne, WV
Built 2008 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 550
I 64 EB
FairOver: BIG SANDY CR 1 & NS RR
1.24 MILE WEST OF WV 75, Wayne, WV
Built 1998 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 16,400
I 64 WB
FairOver: BIG SANDY CR1 & NS RR
1.24 MILE WEST OF WV 75, Wayne, WV
Built 1998 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 18,900
WV 75
FairOver: TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.01 MI EAST OF CR 10, Wayne, WV
Built 1986 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 4,500
COUNTY ROUTE 19/6
FairOver: WHITES CREEK
0.13.MILES SO OF CR 19, Wayne, WV
Built 2004 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 30
P & F 804
FairOver: BEECH FORK LAKE
0.05 MI. SOUTH OF P&F 801, Wayne, WV
Built 1975 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 30
CR 52/82
FairOver: LOST CREEK
0.01 MILE NORTH OF CR 44, Wayne, WV
Built 2003 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 30
CO 252/14
FairOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
1.4 MILE WEST OF US 52, Wayne, WV
Built 2015 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1
CR 17
FairOver: BEECH FORK
0.26 MI SOUTH OF CR 17/8, Wayne, WV
Built 1974 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 450
US 52
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.16 MI EAST OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 1974 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 4,000
COUNTY ROUTE 36/3
FairOver: LEFT FORK OF MILL CREEK
0.01 mile S of CO 34/2, Wayne, WV
Built 2015 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 350
CR 11
FairOver: CAMP CREEK
0.43 MI NORTH OF CR 11/1, Wayne, WV
Built 1986 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 700
CR 17/4
FairOver: LEFT FK OF WILSON CK
0.05 MI SOUTH OF CR 17, Wayne, WV
Built 1985 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 850
PARK & FOREST 850
FairOver: WEST FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK
0.01 MI. SOUTH OF CR 35, Wayne, WV
Built 2000 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 40
CR 7
FairOver: CR 60/3 & CSX RR
0.23 MILE SOUTH OF US 60, Wayne, WV
Built 1998 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 9,300
CR 20
FairOver: ELIJAH CREEK
0.06 MI WEST OF CR 20/1, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 500
County Route 37/4
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
0.02 MI. SOUTH OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 2012 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 80
CR 37/11
FairOver: EAST FK TWELVEPOLE CK
0.08 MI SOUTH OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 1983 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 200
CR 14/1
FairOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.15 MI SOUTH OF CR 7, Wayne, WV
Built 1985 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 450
CR 24
FairOver: MILLERS FORK
0.44 MI.S.OF CR.22, Wayne, WV
Built 1935 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 150
CR 19/5
FairOver: WHITES CREEK
0.02 MI WEST OF CR 19, Wayne, WV
Built 1984 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 90
CR 33
FairOver: KIAH CREEK
0.10 MI. SOUTH OF CR 33/2, Wayne, WV
Built 1996 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 10
CR 37/28
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.01 MI SOUTH OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 1986 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 40
CR 24/1
FairOver: MILLERS FORK
0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 24, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 70
CR 36/2
FairOver: RIGHT FORK OF MILL CREEK
0.38 MI NORTH OF CR 29/5, Wayne, WV
Built 1987 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 200
CR 41
FairOver: WEST FK TWELVEPOLE CK
0.87 MI NORTH OF CR 41/1, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 250
CR 36
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.94 MI EAST OF US 52, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 900
CR 41
FairOver: WEST FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK
1.06 MILE SOUTH OF CR 35, Wayne, WV
Built 1993 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 250
CR 52/56
FairOver: WEST FK TWELVEPOLE CK
0.49 MI SOUTH OF CR 52/20, Wayne, WV
Built 1911 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 50
CR 39
FairOver: EAST FK TWELVEPOLE CREEK
0.02 MI. SOUTH OF CR 39/2, Wayne, WV
Built 1996 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 10
CR 21/2
FairOver: BEECH FORK
0.01 MI WEST OF CR 21, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 70
CR 52/9
FairOver: GARRETT CREEK
0.09 MILE WEST OF WV 152, Wayne, WV
Built 1995 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 500
CR 36
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.30 MI EAST OF WV 37, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 300
US 52
FairOver: JENNIE CREEK
0.01 MI EAST OF CR 52/31, Wayne, WV
Built 1978 Load: 82.5 t ADT: 2,100
CR 41
FairOver: WEST FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK
0.40 MI SOUTH OF CR 35, Wayne, WV
Built 1989 Load: 84.4 t ADT: 250
US 52
FairOver: BULL CREEK
0.02 MI EAST OF CR 52/28, Wayne, WV
Built 1987 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,000
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