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Wyoming County, WV

160 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 3.1% rated Good, 63.8% Fair, 33.1% Poor.

160
Public bridges
3.1%
Good condition
33.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Wyoming County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

55th
of 55 on Poor share
33.1%
Poor-condition share
160
public highway bridges
1985
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.

Wyoming County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wyoming County ranks #55 of 55 West Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 33.1%). Wyoming County, West Virginia contains 160 public highway bridges. Roughly 3.1% are rated “Good,” 63.8% “Fair,” and 33.1% “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

160

Public highway bridges in Wyoming County

Good condition

3.1%

5 of 160 rated 7-9

Fair condition

63.8%

102 of 160 rated 5-6

Poor condition

33.1%

53 of 160 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#55 of 55

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

Condition distribution

Share of 160 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
3.1% (5)
Fair
63.8% (102)
Poor
33.1% (53)

Wyoming County's Poor-condition bridges carry 48,150 vehicle crossings a day

That is 37.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 33.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 908 crossings a day against 1,168 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 160 of 160 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

21.3% of Wyoming County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

34 of the 160 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 3.1% 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 11.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WV 16 over SLAB FORK, built 1985, carries 5,700 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 53-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 48,150 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Wyoming County's bridges were built

160 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 33 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 5 years newer than the West Virginia average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 West Virginia counties nearest Wyoming County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 33.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 6 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 54 West Virginia counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wyoming 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 163 18.4%
Wyoming County (this page) 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming County, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WV (160 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1985 here).

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

All 160 Good 5 Fair 102 Poor 53

All bridges (160)

WV 97

Fair

Over: SKIN FORK

0.01 MI E OF CR 9/5, Wyoming, WV

Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,000

ACCESS ROAD

Fair

Over: GUYANDOTTE RIVER

R.D. BAILEY LAKE, Wyoming, WV

Built 1931 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 50

ACCESS ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE HUFF CREEK

R.D. BAILEY LAKE, Wyoming, WV

Built 1988 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 100

WV ROUTE 97

Good

Over: ROCKCASTLE CREEK

0.04 MI W OF WV 10, Wyoming, WV

Built 2022 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,600

CR 8

Good

Over: HUFF CREEK

0.27 MI W OF CR 8/1, Wyoming, WV

Built 1994 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROUTE 54/1

Good

Over: SLAB FORK

0.06 MI. N. OF WV. 54, Wyoming, WV

Built 2020 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 40

WV 10

Good

Over: Laurel Fork

0.32 Mi N of CR1/3, Wyoming, WV

Built 2020 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 2,800

WV 85

Poor

Over: Toney Fork

0.27 MI. S OF CR 85/1, Wyoming, WV

Built 1936 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,700

COUNTY ROUTE 12/1

Poor

Over: ALLEN CREEK

0.08 MI. N. OF CO. 12/15, Wyoming, WV

Built 1920 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 300

HARP 935

Poor

Over: Big Cub Creek

0.01 MI W OF CO 6/2, Wyoming, WV

Built 2005 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 40

CR 9/4

Poor

Over: LAUREL FORK

0.07 MI S OF WV 10, Wyoming, WV

Built 1945 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 250

HARP 955

Poor

Over: ROCKCASTLE CREEK

0.03 MI EAST OF WV 10, Wyoming, WV

Built 1970 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 30

County Route 5

Poor

Over: Laurel Fork

0.04 Mi. E of Co. 1, Wyoming, WV

Built 1925 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,000

Harp 901/61

Poor

Over: Clear Fork

0.01 W of WV 971, Wyoming, WV

Built 1976 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 30

WV 16

Poor

Over: GUYANDOTTE RIVER

0.13 MI S OF CR 12/1, Wyoming, WV

Built 1923 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 2,000

CR 6

Poor

Over: CLEAR FORK

0.03 MI W OF CR 6/1, Wyoming, WV

Built 1917 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 550

COUNTY ROUTE 16/2

Poor

Over: PINNACLE CREEK

0.13 MI N OF CR 16/8, Wyoming, WV

Built 1936 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 30

CR 6

Poor

Over: CLEAR FORK

1.51 MI W OF CR 6/1, Wyoming, WV

Built 1972 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 550

WV RT 16

Poor

Over: NANCY FORK

0.66 MI S OF CR 16/17, Wyoming, WV

Built 1946 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,600

WV RT 16

Poor

Over: WOLFPEN BRANCH

0.67 MI N OF CR 12/4, Wyoming, WV

Built 1946 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,700

CR 2

Poor

Over: CRANE FORK

0.02 MI S OF CO 2/6, Wyoming, WV

Built 1978 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 500

CR 97/5

Poor

Over: ROCKCASTLE CREEK

0.03 MI S OF WV 10, Wyoming, WV

Built 1989 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 150

US RT 52

Poor

Over: MUZZLE FORK

0.37 MI W OF CR 52/5, Wyoming, WV

Built 1936 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,600

HARP 901/62

Poor

Over: Clear Fork

0.01 Mile South of Co. 2, Wyoming, WV

Built 2001 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 30

HARP ROUTE 978

Poor

Over: BR OF ROCKCASTLE CREEK

0.02 MI S OF CO 10/14, Wyoming, WV

Built 2001 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 40

HARP 985

Poor

Over: Straight Fork

0.01 Mile N. of Co. 10/5, Wyoming, WV

Built 2003 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 30

CO 52/2

Poor

Over: HUFF CREEK

0.05 MI W OF US 52, Wyoming, WV

Built 1979 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 90

WV ROUTE 54

Poor

Over: SLAB FORK

0.09 MI. S. OF CR 54/6, Wyoming, WV

Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,800

WV 54

Poor

Over: SLAB FORK

0.09 MI. N. OF CR. 54/4, Wyoming, WV

Built 1965 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,800

WV RT 54

Poor

Over: SLABFORK

1.51 MI N OF CR 5/6, Wyoming, WV

Built 1958 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,200

CO 936

Poor

Over: Laurel Fork

0.01 Miles West of CR 3, Wyoming, WV

Built 2005 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 60

CR 52/5

Poor

Over: MUZZLE FORK

0.01 MI W OF US 52, Wyoming, WV

Built 1979 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 10/70

Poor

Over: HUFF CREEK

0.01 MI NORTH OF CO 10/3, Wyoming, WV

Built 2005 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10

CR 14

Poor

Over: BRIAR CREEK

1.57 MI S OF CR 8, Wyoming, WV

Built 1979 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROUTE 16/39

Poor

Over: SLAB FORK

0.18 MI N OF WV 16, Wyoming, WV

Built 2002 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 20

Harp 956

Poor

Over: HUFF CREEK

0.01 MI N OF CR 10/3, Wyoming, WV

Built 2005 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30

WV. 54

Poor

Over: SLAB FORK

0.04 MI. N. OF CR 54/4, Wyoming, WV

Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,800

COUNTY ROUTE 16/15

Poor

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.03 MI SOUTH OF WV 16, Wyoming, WV

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 10/14

Poor

Over: ROCK CASTLE CREEK

0.02 MI. N. OF CR 10/84, Wyoming, WV

Built 2011 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

CR971/2

Poor

Over: OLDHOUSE BRANCH

0.01 MI E OF WV 971, Wyoming, WV

Built 1979 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 40

WV 54

Poor

Over: Slab Fork and CO 54/12

0.07 MI N OF CR 54/7, Wyoming, WV

Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,400

COUNTY ROUTE 16/39

Poor

Over: SLAB FORK

0.21 MI S OF WV 54, Wyoming, WV

Built 2002 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 20

WV 54

Poor

Over: SLAB FORK

0.03 MI S OF CR 54/4, Wyoming, WV

Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,400

COUNTY RT. 10/28

Poor

Over: HUFF CREEK

0.02 MI.S.OF CR.10/3, Wyoming, WV

Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 20

HARP 941

Poor

Over: Huff Creek

0.01 Miles South of US 52, Wyoming, WV

Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50

US 52

Poor

Over: HUFF CREEK

0.05 MI W OF CR 52/9, Wyoming, WV

Built 1978 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,200

WV ROUTE 16

Poor

Over: N S RAILWAY

0.67 MILE N OF WV 54, Wyoming, WV

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,300

COUNTY ROUTE 10/33

Poor

Over: LAUREL FORK

0.01 MI.SOUTH OF WV 10, Wyoming, WV

Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 20

WV. 97

Poor

Over: GUYANDOTTE RIVER

0.06 MI. W. OF CR. 7/5, Wyoming, WV

Built 1975 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,900

COUNTY ROUTE 10/29

Poor

Over: BARKERS CREEK

0.01 MI NORTH OF 10/18, Wyoming, WV

Built 2000 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 20

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