State profile · Above median Poor share

West Virginia bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in West Virginia.

7,348
Public bridges
25.2%
Good condition
18.6%
Poor condition

West Virginia holds 7,348 public highway bridges (#31 of 52 by inventory) with a 18.64% Poor share (#2 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 18.6% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 52 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

7,348

Public highway bridges in West Virginia

Good Condition

25.2%

1,855 bridges rated 7-9

-24.8pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

18.6%

1,370 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

11.1pp vs national avg 7.5%

West Virginia vs national bridge condition

West Virginia - Good condition share 25.2%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

West Virginia - Poor-condition share 62.1%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

West Virginia in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: West Virginia has 7,348 bridges and a 18.6% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #52 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: West Virginia has 7,348 bridges and a 18.6% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #52 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

West Virginia vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

7,348 31st of 54 higher than 23 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for West Virginia

The highlighted point is West Virginia: 7,348 bridges and 18.64% in Poor condition, rank #52 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below West Virginia on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Maine: 2,518 bridges · 15.41% Poor
  • South Dakota: 5,887 bridges · 16.36% Poor
  • West Virginia: 7,348 bridges · 18.64% Poor
  • Iowa: 23,719 bridges · 19.16% Poor
  • Virgin Islands: 24 bridges · 29.17% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in West Virginia

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 7,348 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains West Virginia’s inventory

State agency holds 97.4% of the 7,348 public highway bridges filed under West Virginia in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When West Virginia’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 16.0% of the 7,348 bridges with a recorded original year in West Virginia. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

West Virginia25.2%56.1%18.6%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - West Virginia (FHWA NBI)

Counties (55)

Barbour 93 Berkeley 119 Boone 131 Braxton 148 Brooke 57 Cabell 207 Calhoun 49 Clay 87 Doddridge 99 Fayette 211 Gilmer 106 Grant 97 Greenbrier 207 Hampshire 92 Hancock 29 Hardy 131 Harrison 256 Jackson 191 Jefferson 45 Kanawha 554 Lewis 159 Lincoln 118 Logan 236 Marion 193 Marshall 85 Mason 137 McDowell 225 Mercer 174 Mineral 63 Mingo 165 Monongalia 203 Monroe 63 Morgan 55 Nicholas 97 Ohio 115 Pendleton 114 Pleasants 25 Pocahontas 118 Preston 182 Putnam 135 Raleigh 224 Randolph 190 Ritchie 127 Roane 130 Summers 66 Taylor 65 Tucker 69 Tyler 73 Upshur 99 Wayne 163 Webster 82 Wetzel 107 Wirt 42 Wood 180 Wyoming 160

West Virginia vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below West Virginia on the same metric.

ME

Maine

15.41% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,518

SD

South Dakota

16.36% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,887
Selected

WV

West Virginia

18.64% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$7,348

IA

Iowa

19.16% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$23,719

VI

Virgin Islands

29.17% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24

Bridges Needing Most Attention in West Virginia

Six lowest-condition bridges in West Virginia, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

COUNTY ROUTE 40/15

Poor

Over: LITTLE BIRCH RIVER

0.03 MI S OF CO 40, Braxton, WV

Built 1905 Load: 0.0 t

WV ROUTE 2 SPUR

Poor

Over: Ohio River OH-7 R.R.

0.34 Mi West Jct. WV 2, Brooke, WV

Built 1904 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 11,500

DODDRIDGE CO RT 56

Poor

Over: BRUSHY FORK

0.73 MI SOUTH CO RT 25, Doddridge, WV

Built 1981 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY ROUTE 19/31

Poor

Over: SCRABBLE CREEK

0.01 Miles N. of CR 19/8, Fayette, WV

Built 1920 Load: 0.0 t

COUNTY ROUTE 13

Poor

Over: CR 13/2 Kanawha R. CSX R

0.01 Miles S. of US 60, Fayette, WV

Built 1928 Load: 0.0 t

US. 50 T

Poor

Over: STONY RIVER

0.04 MI W OF CR 50/3 SLS, Grant, WV

Built 1931 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,700

All Bridges in West Virginia

CR119/43 BENTLEY

Good

Over: TURTLE CREEK

0.25 MI S OF US119NB, Boone, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 10

West Virginia 105

Good

Over: US Route 22

0.02 mi. North jct US 22, Brooke, WV

Built 2014 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 7,300

COUNTY ROUTE 10/11

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK OF DAVIS CK

0.22 MI. EAST OF WV 10, Cabell, WV

Built 2005 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 70

I 64 WB

Good

Over: US 52

1.73 MI WEST OF WV 152, Cabell, WV

Built 2017 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 32,400

I64 WB

Good

Over: Mud River

0.19 mi east of CO 60/89, Cabell, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 16,750

COUNTY ROUTE 35/5

Good

Over: ANNAMORIAH RUN

0.14 MILE EAST OF WV 5, Calhoun, WV

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 60

WV 41

Good

Over: New River

0.07 Miles S. of CR 41/39, Fayette, WV

Built 2015 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 800

COUNTY ROUTE 17/6

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.01 MI S OF CO 17, Gilmer, WV

Built 1996 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 34

Good

Over: SAND FORK

0.01 MI S OF COUNTY 34, Gilmer, WV

Built 2008 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 166

CR 1/4 (SLS)

Good

Over: North River

0.58 mile west of CR 01, Hardy, WV

Built 2015 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 50

HARRISON CO RT 7/2

Good

Over: TENMILE CREEK

0.02 MI EAST HARR CO RT 5, Harrison, WV

Built 1989 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 300

WV ROUTE 279

Good

Over: WV 131 & Ann Run

1.07 mi N. Harr Co 50/14, Harrison, WV

Built 2001 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 10,100

COUNTY ROUTE 42

Good

Over: MIDDLE FK POCATALICO CRK

0.12 MILE SOUTH CR 42/7, Jackson, WV

Built 1993 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 80

COUNTY ROUTE 21/34

Good

Over: POCATALICO CREEK

0.01 MILE WEST OF CR 21, Jackson, WV

Built 1981 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Good

Over: PARCHMENT CREEK

0.24 MILE N OF CR 15/6, Jackson, WV

Built 1998 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 450

COUNTY ROUTE 87/19

Good

Over: ISAACS RUN

0.01 MILE EAST OF WV 87, Jackson, WV

Built 1999 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROUTE 11

Good

Over: CROOKED FORK SANDY CREEK

0.04MILE SOUTH OF CR 12, Jackson, WV

Built 2008 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 950

COUNTY ROUTE 77/4

Good

Over: FIELDS CREEK

0.01 MI S OF CR 77/1, Kanawha, WV

Built 1997 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 10

WV 114

Good

Over: ELK TWO MILE CREEK

0.11 MILE S OF CR 46, Kanawha, WV

Built 2006 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 7,900

COUNTY ROUTE 9

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 12, Kanawha, WV

Built 2009 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,500

CR 20

Good

Over: Davis Creek

.13Mi W of CR 20/5 Kirby, Kanawha, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 7/9

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CREEK

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

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Good

Over: BIG UGLY CREEK

0.05 MI WEST OF CO 15/3, Lincoln, WV

Built 2018 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 150

WV 10

Good

Over: EAST FORK

0.54 MI NORTH OF CR 10/7, Lincoln, WV

Built 2020 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,700

CO 119/26

Good

Over: Island Creek

0.33 MILE EAST OF WV 44, Logan, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 2,600

MARION CO RT 19/2

Good

Over: PHARAOH RUN

0.04 MI EAST U.S. RT 19, Marion, WV

Built 1997 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 90

CR 785

Good

Over: SIXTEEN MILE CREEK

0.01 MILE N OF CR 78, Mason, WV

Built 2006 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 50

CR 65/72

Good

Over: PIGEON CREEK

0.01 MILE NORTH OF WV 65, Mingo, WV

Built 2000 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROUTE 3/5

Good

Over: W FORK OF TWELVEPOLE CK

0.77 MILES N OF CR 3/1, Mingo, WV

Built 2006 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,900

CR 65/5

Good

Over: ROCKHOUSE FORK

0.22 MILES W. C R 65/18, Mingo, WV

Built 2008 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 900

CO 3/5

Good

Over: West Fork 12 Pole Creek

1.62 mile north of CO 3/9, Mingo, WV

Built 2021 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 500

MGL CO RT 26

Good

Over: STEWART RUN

0.19 MI SOUTH CO RT 26/1, Monongalia, WV

Built 2006 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 90

Interstate 79

Good

Over: Mgl. CO 87(Halleck Road)

1.84 MI S of MGL CO77, Monongalia, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 32,700

WV 129

Good

Over: PETERS CREEK

0.01 Miles E. OF WV 39, Nicholas, WV

Built 2002 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 740

WV 82

Good

Over: Powells Creek

0.02 Miles E of C.R. 82/1, Nicholas, WV

Built 2020 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 900

COUNTY ROUTE 30

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK OF ROCK RUN

0.02 MILE SO OF CR 30/3, Pleasants, WV

Built 1997 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 200

C.R. 28/19

Good

Over: EAST FORK GREENBRIER R.

0.22 MI. N.US250 & WV28, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2000 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 80

WV RT 7 (F)

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.19 MI WEST CO RT 98, Preston, WV

Built 1996 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 3,500

PRES CO RT 68/7

Good

Over: RT FORK LITTLE SANDY CR

0.67 MI WEST CO RT 68/4, Preston, WV

Built 1997 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 100

PRESTON CO 26/16

Good

Over: WEBSTER RUN

0.28 MI SOUTH WV RT 26, Preston, WV

Built 2005 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 250

Pres HARP 901/13

Good

Over: RHINE CREEK

0.03 N Pres HA 901/14, Preston, WV

Built 2019 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 50

CR 60/4

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

0.20 MI S OF US 60, Putnam, WV

Built 1998 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 20

CR 5

Good

Over: MANILA CREEK

1.68 MI N OF CR 27, Putnam, WV

Built 2021 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 350

CR 44

Good

Over: I-64 EB and WB

0.07 Mi N of CR 33, Putnam, WV

Built 2023 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,500

US 19 and WV 3

Good

Over: Piney Creek

0.01 MI N OF CR 19/42, Raleigh, WV

Built 2022 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 12,700

US 219

Good

Over: U. S. 219

0.01 MI. E. JCT.US 33, Randolph, WV

Built 1999 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,600

COUNTY ROUTE 22/3

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK HUGHES RIVER

0.01 MI.W.OF CR 22, Ritchie, WV

Built 1981 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 80

COUNTY ROUTE 9

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.09 MILE SOUTH OF CR 9/6, Roane, WV

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 750

COUNTY 38/3

Good

Over: LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER

0.01 Mi. N. Jct. CO 40/1, Upshur, WV

Built 2014 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 40

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

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. West Virginia Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.