Total bridges
160
Public highway bridges in Wyoming County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 6
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 7
1940–1949
7 bridges
- 1950s 1
1950–1959
1 bridges
- 1960s 9
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
24 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
28 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
31 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
33 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 10
2020–2029
10 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.
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.
| 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 | 163 | 20.9% | 60.7% | 18.4% | 1982 |
| Wyoming County (this page) | 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 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).
- Clay County, KY · 160 bridges
- Kittson County, MN · 160 bridges
- Rio Arriba County, NM · 160 bridges
- Delaware County, OK · 160 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WV (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (160)
HARP 936
PoorOver: LAUREL CREEK
0.04 MILES E OF HA 901/14, Wyoming, WV
Built 2001 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 60
COUNTY ROUTE 1
PoorOver: TROUGH FORK
0.01 MI. W. OF CR. 3, Wyoming, WV
Built 1940 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 1,100
COUNTY ROUTE 10/29
PoorOver: BAKERS CREEK
0.05 MI. S. OF CR. 10/23, Wyoming, WV
Built 1977 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 20
WV 16
PoorOver: SLAB FORK
0.16 MI S OF WV 54, Wyoming, WV
Built 1985 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 5,700
COUNTY RT 14
PoorOver: GUYANDOTTE RIVER
0.01 MI N OF WV 97, Wyoming, WV
Built 1987 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 400
CR 2
PoorOver: TONEY FORK
0.03 MI N OF WV 85, Wyoming, WV
Built 1968 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 500
CR 10/3
PoorOver: HUFF CREEK
O.60 MI W OF CR 10/5, Wyoming, WV
Built 1991 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 900
CR 10/23
PoorOver: BARKERS CREEK
0.01 MI E OF WV 10, Wyoming, WV
Built 1992 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 200
CR 2/2
PoorOver: CLEAR FORK
0.01 MI E OF CR 2, Wyoming, WV
Built 1989 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROUTE 8/1
PoorOver: HUFF CREEK
0.01 MI. S. OF CR. 8, Wyoming, WV
Built 1980 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 100
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