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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)

COUNTY ROUTE 26

Poor

Over: LEFT FORK STILLWELL CK

0.09 MI. E OF JCT CR 24, Wood, WV

Built 1927 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 90

COUNTY ROUTE 13/6

Poor

Over: GREEN VALLEY RUN

0.01 MI. S. OF CR. 13, Wood, WV

Built 1968 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 10

WEST VIRGINIA 14

Poor

Over: Little Kanawha River

0.34 MILE NORTH OF WV 95, Wood, WV

Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 27,421

WEST VIRGINIA 14

Poor

Over: BIG RUN

0.20 M NORTH OF CR 21/2, Wood, WV

Built 1953 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 8,000

COUNTY ROUTE 47/1

Poor

Over: DRY RUN

0.05 MILE W OF CR 50/1, Wood, WV

Built 1950 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 47/17

Poor

Over: WALKER CREEK

0.22 MILE NORTH OF WV 47, Wood, WV

Built 1977 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 150

CR. 21

Poor

Over: LITTLE TYGART CREEK

0.02 MI. S. OF CR. 21/21, Wood, WV

Built 1928 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,900

COUNTY ROUTE 7

Poor

Over: WALKER CREEK

0.23 M EAST OF CR 7/9, Wood, WV

Built 1955 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 40/5

Poor

Over: SAMS CREEK

0.15 MILE SOUTH OF CR 13, Wood, WV

Built 1956 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROUTE 21

Poor

Over: TYGART CREEK

0.08 MI. S. OF CR 21/25, Wood, WV

Built 1922 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,000

WEST VIRGINIA 68

Poor

Over: US 50

0.30 MILE NORTH OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 1971 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 7,400

CR 19/3

Poor

Over: SHELVING ROCK RUN

0.40 MI SOUTH OF CR 19, Wood, WV

Built 1977 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 10

17TH ST-VIENNA

Poor

Over: POND RUN

0.30 MILE EAST OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1979 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 500

WEST VIRGINIA 68S

Poor

Over: 2nd Street

0.11 M NORTH OF WV 68, Wood, WV

Built 1971 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 9,500

WEST VIRGINIA 47

Poor

Over: CR 47/17 and Walker Ck.

0.01 M EAST OF CR 47/9, Wood, WV

Built 1938 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,200

I-77 NBL

Poor

Over: Worthington Crk & CR 16

1.52 MI. N. OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 1966 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 13,200

WEST VIRGINIA 68

Poor

Over: 2nd Street

0.15 M NORTH OF CR 9/25, Wood, WV

Built 1971 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 20,100

CO RT 28/2

Poor

Over: WALKER CREEK

0.76 MI W CR 28, Wood, WV

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROUTE 50/2

Poor

Over: WORTHINGTON CREEK

0.14 MI. SOUTH OF CR 16, Wood, WV

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,900

CR 50/5

Poor

Over: GILLESPIE RUN

0.26 MI SOUTH OF CR 18/5, Wood, WV

Built 1976 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 800

CR 9/3

Poor

Over: NEAL RUN

0.23 MI SOUTH OF WV 95, Wood, WV

Built 1964 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROUTE 25

Poor

Over: SHORT RUN

0.08 M EAST OF CR 25/13, Wood, WV

Built 1960 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 400

I-77 NBL

Poor

Over: WV Route 14

5.82 MILES NORTH OF WV 2, Wood, WV

Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,650

I-77 SBL

Poor

Over: WV Route 14

5.82 MILE NORTH OF WV 2, Wood, WV

Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,650

I-77 SBL

Poor

Over: US 50

2.50 MI. N. OF WV. 47, Wood, WV

Built 1963 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 11,900

I-77 NBL

Poor

Over: US 50

2.50 MI. N. WV. 47, Wood, WV

Built 1963 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 11,900

I-77 SBL

Poor

Over: CR 21/24

4.88 MI S OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1968 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 3,850

COUNTY ROUTE 17

Poor

Over: SOUTH FORK LEE CREEK

0.02 M EAST OF CR 17/1, Wood, WV

Built 1991 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 250

27TH STREET-VIENNA

Poor

Over: POND RUN

0.50 MILE EAST OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1950 Load: 69.8 t ADT: 850

CR 50/36

Poor

Over: STILLWELL CREEK

0.01 MI WEST OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 1971 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 50

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.