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Wood County, WV

180 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.2% rated Good, 35.6% Fair, 22.2% Poor.

180
Public bridges
42.2%
Good condition
22.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Wood County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

37th
of 55 on Poor share
22.2%
Poor-condition share
180
public highway bridges
1980
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.

Wood County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wood County ranks #37 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 22.2%). Wood County, West Virginia contains 180 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.2% are rated “Good,” 35.6% “Fair,” and 22.2% “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

180

Public highway bridges in Wood County

Good condition

42.2%

76 of 180 rated 7-9

Fair condition

35.6%

64 of 180 rated 5-6

Poor condition

22.2%

40 of 180 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#37 of 55

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

Condition distribution

Share of 180 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
42.2% (76)
Fair
35.6% (64)
Poor
22.2% (40)

Wood County's Poor-condition bridges carry 152,781 vehicle crossings a day

That is 16.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 22.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,820 crossings a day against 4,924 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 180 of 180 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

39.4% of Wood County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

71 of the 180 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 42.2% 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 17.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WEST VIRGINIA 14 over Little Kanawha River, built 1935, carries 27,421 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 40-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 152,781 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Wood County's bridges were built

180 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the West Virginia average (1980).

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

How Wood County compares with West Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Wood County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 22.2% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1977 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 Wood County and the 5 West Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Marion County 193 21.2%
Jackson County 191 23.6%
Randolph County 190 15.3%
Preston County 182 23.1%
Wood County (this page) 180 22.2%
Mercer County 174 25.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (180 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1980 here).

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

All 180 Good 76 Fair 64 Poor 40

All bridges (180)

I-77 NBL

Fair

Over: CR 21/24

4.88 MI S OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1967 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,850

LAKEVIEW DRIVE

Fair

Over: JUG RUN

0.20 MILE EAST OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1981 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 15,000

COUNTY ROUTE 13

Fair

Over: BADGLEY FK OF TYGART CRK

0.12 MI. W OF CR 13/10, Wood, WV

Built 1990 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 800

I 77

Fair

Over: CR 21/21

0.90 MI S of WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 2017 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 12,800

COUNTY ROUTE 2/1

Fair

Over: BULL RUN

0.26 M NORTH OF CR 2/11, Wood, WV

Built 1989 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROUTE 24

Fair

Over: LEFT FORK STILLWELL CK

0.49 MILE S OF CR 50/37, Wood, WV

Built 1990 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 11/2

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK OF LEE CREEK

0.11 MI. S. OF CR 11/1, Wood, WV

Built 1990 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 100

I-77 NBL

Fair

Over: TYGART CREEK

1.66 MILE SOUTH OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1997 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,400

I-77 SBL

Fair

Over: TYGART CREEK

1.66 MILE SOUTH OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1997 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,400

US 50

Fair

Over: WV RT. 618

1.50 MILE EAST OF WV 47, Wood, WV

Built 2001 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 10,850

COUNTY ROUTE 25

Fair

Over: POND CREEK

0.93 M EAST OF CR 25/1, Wood, WV

Built 1992 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 25

Fair

Over: POND CREEK

0.02 MILE EAST OF CR 1/2, Wood, WV

Built 1995 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 150

12TH STREET-VIENNA

Fair

Over: POND RUN

0.20 MILE EAST OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1960 Load: 83.4 t ADT: 1,000

I-77 NBL&SBL

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF TYGART CREEK

0.05 MI NORTH OF CR 21, Wood, WV

Built 1968 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 7,700

COUNTY ROUTE 3/3

Good

Over: PLUM RUN

0.01 MI. WEST OF CR 3/1, Wood, WV

Built 1913 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 200

WEST VIRGINIA 68

Good

Over: Interstate 77

0.16 MILE N OF CR 4/6, Wood, WV

Built 2013 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 13,600

WV 68

Good

Over: WV 68 North Fork Lee Cr

0.04 Mi North of C.R. 9/9, Wood, WV

Built 2020 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 3,100

WEST VIRGINIA 14

Good

Over: BRISCOE RUN

0.04 MI. S. OF CR 21/4, Wood, WV

Built 1959 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,700

WEST VIRGINIA 47

Good

Over: STILLWELL CREEK

0.15 M WEST OF CR 47/24, Wood, WV

Built 1946 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,800

WV 14

Good

Over: POND RUN

0.44 MI. N. OF CR 21/35, Wood, WV

Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 37,900

US 50 ALTERNATE

Good

Over: OHIO R. CSX KEEVER ST.

0.50 M WEST OF WV 14S, Wood, WV

Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,200

CO ROUTE 21/29

Good

Over: TYGART CREEK

0.01 MI EAST OF CR 21, Wood, WV

Built 1967 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 350

COUNTY ROUTE 25

Good

Over: WOLF RUN

0.09 MILE EAST IF CR 25/5, Wood, WV

Built 1999 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 150

WV Route 68

Good

Over: South Fork Lee Creek

0.35 MI South of CR 9/16, Wood, WV

Built 2015 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,000

WV 618

Good

Over: WORTHINGTON CREEK

0.04 MI. WEST OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 12,400

COUNTY ROUTE 50/37

Good

Over: MURPHYTOWN BR STILLWELL

0.01 MILE EAST OF CR 24, Wood, WV

Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROUTE 34/4

Good

Over: US 50

0.01 MILE NORTH OF CR30/2, Wood, WV

Built 2009 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 750

COUNTY ROUTE 50\10

Good

Over: LEFT FORK STILLWELL CK

0.03 MILE S OF CR 50\37, Wood, WV

Built 1997 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

28th St. Vienna

Good

Over: Pond Run

0.50 Mi. E of WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 2014 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,000

WEST VIRGINIA 14A

Good

Over: LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER

0.21 MILE WEST OF WV 95, Wood, WV

Built 1996 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 6,800

WEST VIRGINIA 95

Good

Over: NEAL RUN

0.31 MILE EAST OF CR 32, Wood, WV

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,400

COUNTY ROUTE 3/13

Good

Over: WORTHINGTON CREEK

0.03 MILE SOUTH OF WV 31, Wood, WV

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 11

Good

Over: LEE CREEK

0.19 MILE WEST OF CR 11/7, Wood, WV

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300

CR 9/16

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK OF LEE CREEK

0.02 MI. W. OF JCT OF 7/2, Wood, WV

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

WEST VIRGINIA 47

Good

Over: WORTHINGTON CREEK

0.56 MILE EAST OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 2002 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 6,800

WEST VIRGINIA 68

Good

Over: US 50 W

0.20 MILE NORTH OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 2003 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,400

US 50

Good

Over: Buckeye Street

0.47 MILE WEST OF WV 47, Wood, WV

Built 2004 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 9,300

US 50

Good

Over: Buckeye Street

0.47 MILE WEST OF WV 47, Wood, WV

Built 2004 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 9,300

County Route 32

Good

Over: Neal Run

0.05 Mile West of CR 32/3, Wood, WV

Built 2010 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 6,500

WV 14

Good

Over: Tygart Creek

0.07 Mi South to CR 14/1, Wood, WV

Built 2012 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 9,600

Interstate 77 N

Good

Over: County Route 21

1.60 miles north of CR 21, Wood, WV

Built 2012 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,850

Interstate 77 S

Good

Over: County Route 21

1.60 Miles North of Cr 21, Wood, WV

Built 2012 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,850

I-77 North & South

Good

Over: WV 95 Camden Avenue

0.70 MI S OF WV 47, Wood, WV

Built 2011 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 24,500

I-77 North & South

Good

Over: L. KANAWHA R. & RAIL TRL

0.50 MI. North of WV 95, Wood, WV

Built 2011 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 24,500

West Virginia 31

Good

Over: Williams Creek

0.02 M SOUTH OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 2020 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 3,800

COUNTY ROUTE 19

Good

Over: SLATECAMP RUN

0.08 MILE WEST OF CR 19/8, Wood, WV

Built 2000 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RT 18/9

Good

Over: LAUREL FORK

0.03 MI. N. OF CR 18, Wood, WV

Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 21/22

Good

Over: COUNTY ROUTE 21/22

0.07 M NORTH OF CR 40/5, Wood, WV

Built 1966 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 21

Good

Over: ROCKCAMP RUN

0.01 MILE NORTH OF CO 17, Wood, WV

Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,200

US 50 EASTBOUND

Good

Over: L KANAW R L KA RR CSX RR

0.02 MILE WEST OF WV 47, Wood, WV

Built 2004 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,300

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