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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.

Total bridges

163

Public highway bridges in Wayne County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wayne County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Mercer County 174 25.3%
Mingo County 165 15.2%
Wayne County (this page) 163 18.4%
Wyoming County 160 33.1%
Lewis County 159 13.2%
Braxton County 148 9.5%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1982 here).

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

All 163 Good 34 Fair 99 Poor 30

Good-condition bridges (34)

I64 EBL

Good

Over: CR 3&5 12 POLE NSRR

0.78 mile east of WV75, Wayne, WV

Built 2011 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 21,800

COUNTY ROUTE 44

Good

Over: W FORK OF TWELVEPOLE CK

0.09 MILES W OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 2007 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 150

HARP 920

Good

Over: BEECH FORK

0.04 MILE WEST OF CR 21, Wayne, WV

Built 2018 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 30

CR 19

Good

Over: WHITES CREEK

1.02 MI WEST OFR CR 19/2, Wayne, WV

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 450

I 64 EB

Good

Over: COUNTY ROUTE 7

2.03 MILE WEST OF US 52, Wayne, WV

Built 1993 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 18,900

COUNTY ROUTE 36

Good

Over: W FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK

0.06 MILES WEST OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 2006 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

I 64 East Bound

Good

Over: County Route 2

0.29 mile East of US 52, Wayne, WV

Built 2021 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 18,900

CR 52/43

Good

Over: TWELVEPOLE CREEK

0.05 MILE SOUTH OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 1998 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 744

COUNTY ROUTE 52/56

Good

Over: W FORK TWELVEPOLE CK

0.62 MILES SOUTH OF CR 36, Wayne, WV

Built 2009 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 40

US Route 52

Good

Over: Whites Creek

0.23 mile west of CR 19, Wayne, WV

Built 2011 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 3,900

WV 37

Good

Over: TWELVEPOLE CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 1983 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,500

US 52

Good

Over: Silver Creek

0.07 mile west of CR 52/4, Wayne, WV

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,000

CR 11

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK

0.07 MI NORTH OF CR 11/1, Wayne, WV

Built 2018 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 948

WV 152

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK

0.09 MILE SOUTH OF WV 75, Wayne, WV

Built 1999 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 11,700

CR 24

Good

Over: NEWCOMB CREEK

0.16 MI SOUTH OF CR 24/4, Wayne, WV

Built 1985 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 200

WV 152

Good

Over: WEST FORK TWELVEPOLE CK

0.03 MI SOUTH OF CO 52/53, Wayne, WV

Built 2017 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 2,400

CO 24

Good

Over: Millers Fork

0.09 mile south of CO 22, Wayne, WV

Built 2015 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 150

WV Route 37

Good

Over: Hurricane Creek

0.02 mile W. of C.R. 37/3, Wayne, WV

Built 2014 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 800

County Route 36/2

Good

Over: Rt. Frk. of Mill Creek

0.19 mi north of CR 29/5, Wayne, WV

Built 2013 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 200

CR 18/1

Good

Over: GRAGSTON CREEK

0.12 MI WEST OF CR 18, Wayne, WV

Built 1988 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 70

COUNTY ROUTE 52/37

Good

Over: RIGHT FK GARRETT FORK

0.58 MILE WEST OF CR 52/9, Wayne, WV

Built 2004 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROUTE 12

Good

Over: LOWER LYNN CREEK

0.02 MILES S 0F C. R. 10, Wayne, WV

Built 2007 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 750

W.Va. Route 152

Good

Over: Wilson Creek

0.01 mile south of CR 17, Wayne, WV

Built 2011 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 7,300

WV ROUTE 37

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

0.24 MI EAST OF CO 37/4, Wayne, WV

Built 2014 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 800

CO 19

Good

Over: WHITES CREEK

0.24 MILE EAST OF CO 19/1, Wayne, WV

Built 2015 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 776

COUNTY ROUTE 34

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.20 MILE EAST OF US 52, Wayne, WV

Built 2011 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 150

CR 6/2

Good

Over: BOBS BRANCH

0.08 MI EAST OF CR 6, Wayne, WV

Built 1988 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 70

WV 37

Good

Over: PATRICK CREEK

0.01 MILE WEST OF C.R. 7, Wayne, WV

Built 2012 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 2,316

CR 36/2

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK OF MILL CREEK

0.64 MI SOUTH OF CR 36, Wayne, WV

Built 1987 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 200

CR 37/3

Good

Over: LEFT FK HURRICANE

0.05 MI SOUTH OF CR 27, Wayne, WV

Built 2022 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 250

I64 WB

Good

Over: COUNTY ROUTE 2

0.29 MI EAST OF US 52, Wayne, WV

Built 2021 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 21,800

CR 32

Good

Over: WEST FORK TWELVEPOLE CK

0.03 MI WEST OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 1989 Load: 70.7 t ADT: 90

CR 34

Good

Over: WEST FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK

0.05 MI WEST OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 1988 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 25

Good

Over: LEFT FORK CAMP CREEK

0.04 MI WEST OF CO 25/3, Wayne, WV

Built 2019 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 450

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