State profile · Above median Poor share

West Virginia bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in West Virginia, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

7,679
Public bridges
22.4%
Good condition
16.0%
Poor condition

Data updated May 2026

Total Bridges

7,679

Public highway bridges in West Virginia

Good Condition

22.4%

1,717 bridges rated 7-9

-27.6pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

16.0%

1,230 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

9.0pp vs national avg 7.0%

West Virginia vs national bridge condition

West Virginia - Good condition share 22.4%
National avg

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

West Virginia - Poor-condition share 53.4%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

Condition Distribution

West Virginia26.9%53.8%19.3%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - West Virginia (FHWA NBI)

Counties (55)

Barbour 96 Berkeley 134 Boone 143 Braxton 152 Brooke 64 Cabell 229 Calhoun 49 Clay 88 Doddridge 101 Fayette 224 Gilmer 106 Grant 97 Greenbrier 214 Hampshire 97 Hancock 33 Hardy 131 Harrison 278 Jackson 192 Jefferson 49 Kanawha 581 Lewis 159 Lincoln 118 Logan 246 Marion 201 Marshall 92 Mason 148 McDowell 250 Mercer 191 Mineral 66 Mingo 187 Monongalia 220 Monroe 63 Morgan 56 Nicholas 102 Ohio 120 Pendleton 114 Pleasants 26 Pocahontas 119 Preston 184 Putnam 137 Raleigh 227 Randolph 193 Ritchie 128 Roane 131 Summers 67 Taylor 72 Tucker 69 Tyler 74 Upshur 103 Wayne 171 Webster 83 Wetzel 110 Wirt 42 Wood 186 Wyoming 166

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

13.23% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$771

GU

Guam

15.25% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$59
Selected

WV

West Virginia

16.02% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$7,679

SD

South Dakota

16.24% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,905

IA

Iowa

20.01% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$20,753

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.

CITY STREET

Poor

Over: CSX RAILROAD TRACK

0.07 MILE WEST OF WV 2, Pleasants, WV

Built 1980 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 50

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

COUNTY ROUTE 1/1

Poor

Over: STRAIGHT CREEK

0.10 MI W OF CR 1, Calhoun, WV

Built 1926 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 350

COUNTY ROUTE 7

Poor

Over: STEER CREEK

0.51 MILE EAST OF CR 7/5, Calhoun, WV

Built 1930 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 250

N0535

Poor

Over: DEMPSEY BRANCH

0.01 Miles E. of CR 8, Fayette, WV

Built 1970 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 12

COUNTY ROUTE 60/5

Poor

Over: UPTON CREEK

0.12 MI E OF CR 12/7, Kanawha, WV

Built 1917 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 600

All Bridges in West Virginia

COUNTY ROUTE 32

Good

Over: LAUREL FORK

0.03 MI W CO 32/7, Upshur, WV

Built 2005 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 238

West Virginia 20

Good

Over: Little Fishing Creek

0.18 mi. South jct WV7, Wetzel, WV

Built 1977 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 2,100

County Route 20/4

Good

Over: Upper Run

2.00 mi. East jct WV20, Wetzel, WV

Built 1979 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 50

Harp Road 902

Good

Over: Price Run

0.02 Mi. So. Jct. CR 21, Wetzel, WV

Built 2002 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 50

West Virginia 20

Good

Over: Reader Run

0.01 Mi. South Jct. CR 52, Wetzel, WV

Built 2008 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 3,800

COUNTY ROUTE 32

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK REEDY CREEK

0.07 MILE SOUTH OF CR 7, Wirt, WV

Built 1999 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 80

CR 7

Good

Over: WALKER CREEK

0.03 MI. E. OF CR. 47/16, Wood, WV

Built 1989 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROUTE 13/3

Good

Over: NORTH FORK LEE CREEK

0.07 MILE SOUTH OF CR 13, Wood, WV

Built 1987 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 3/1

Good

Over: BIG RUN

0.20 MILE NORTH OF CR 3/3, Wood, WV

Built 1982 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 40

NINTH ST./VIENNA

Good

Over: POND RUN

0.04 MILE EAST OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1979 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROUTE 12

Good

Over: TYGART VALLEY RIVER

0.01MI S OF CO. 12/1 SLS, Barbour, WV

Built 2012 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 400

CR 04 SLS

Good

Over: TULISSUS BRANCH

0.01 MI S OF CR 4/1 SLS, Berkeley, WV

Built 2006 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 500

CR 10/1

Good

Over: CSX Railroad

0.13 miles w. of CR 9/56, Berkeley, WV

Built 2012 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 8,900

WV ROUTE 23

Good

Over: ROBINSON FORK

0.10 MI WEST CO RT 16, Doddridge, WV

Built 2006 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 650

WV RT. 23

Good

Over: Pike Fork

0.03 mile E of Dodd Co 10, Doddridge, WV

Built 2020 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 600

COUNTY ROUTE 27

Good

Over: PAINT CREEK

0.01 Miles E. of CR 23, Fayette, WV

Built 1990 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 510

CO ROUTE 20/1 SLS

Good

Over: SINKING CREEK

0.07 MI WEST OF CO 3 SLS, Gilmer, WV

Built 2000 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10

CR 42/3 SLS

Good

Over: N FORK PATTERSON CREEK

0.06 MI S OF CR 01 SLS, Grant, WV

Built 2010 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 22

Good

Over: SEWELL CREEK

0.13 Miles S. of WV 20, Greenbrier, WV

Built 2009 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 361

COUNTY ROUTE 20/6

Good

Over: LITTLE SEWELL CREEK

0.02 Miles S. of CR 60/32, Greenbrier, WV

Built 2009 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 200

CR 220/8 SLS

Good

Over: WALNUT BOTTOM RUN

0.14 MI W OF WV 55 X, Hardy, WV

Built 2007 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 90

COUNTY ROUTE 19/7

Good

Over: LAUREL FORK

0.69 MI SOUTH OF CR 34/14, Jackson, WV

Built 2002 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 50

WV 61

Good

Over: FIELDS CREEK

0.11 MIL N. OF CR 771, Kanawha, WV

Built 2007 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,300

CR 15

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK OF DAVIS CK

0.17 MI SOUTH OF CR 15/1, Kanawha, WV

Built 2012 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 150

CR 24

Good

Over: RICH FORK

0.51 MI NORTH of CR 27/1, Kanawha, WV

Built 2019 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 650

Harp Rt. 940

Good

Over: Scary Creek

0.05 mi N of CR 22, Lincoln, WV

Built 2013 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10

COUNTY ROUTE 7

Good

Over: GARRETT FORK

0.78 MI EAST OF US 119, Logan, WV

Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,200

WV Route 62

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

0.81 M. N. of CR 62/22, Mason, WV

Built 2011 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,700

US 817

Good

Over: SIXTEEN MILE CREEK

1.36 MI N OF CR 78, Mason, WV

Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROAD 50/4

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.04 MI S OF US 50 T, Mineral, WV

Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 450

COUNTY ROUTE 28/3

Good

Over: TURNERS RUN

0.18 MILE N OF WV 28 T, Mineral, WV

Built 2004 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 400

CR 03 SLS

Good

Over: SIR JOHNS RUN

0.14 MI S OF CR 3/1 SLS, Morgan, WV

Built 2004 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 20/21

Good

Over: TWENTY MILE CREEK

0.03 Miles S. of CR 20/1, Nicholas, WV

Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 298

WEST VIRGINIA 2

Good

Over: FRENCH CREEK

0.36 MILE NORTH OF CR 1, Pleasants, WV

Built 1999 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 8,700

Poca. Co. Rt 219/3

Good

Over: STONEY CREEK

0.78 mi S. of Poca CR. 19, Pocahontas, WV

Built 2016 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 300

Pres Co. Rt. 68/7

Good

Over: Rt Fork of Little Sandy

0.95 mi W of Pres 50/5, Preston, WV

Built 2017 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 90

WV 817

Good

Over: FIVE & TWENTY MI CK

1.73 MI N OF CR24, Putnam, WV

Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 200

US 35 SB

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

0.44 MI S OF CR 19, Putnam, WV

Built 2009 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 14,900

COUNTY ROUTE 21

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK HUGHES RIVER

0.06 MILE SOUTH OF WV 47, Ritchie, WV

Built 1981 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROUTE 33

Good

Over: BRADSHAW CREEK

0.12 Miles S. of CR 21/2, Summers, WV

Built 1949 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 109

TAYLOR CO RT 50/9

Good

Over: THREE FORK CREEK

1.12 MI EAST US RT 119, Taylor, WV

Built 2008 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 50

TUCKER CR 47/1

Good

Over: PLEASANT RUN

0.03 MI S OF JCT CR 47, Tucker, WV

Built 2013 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 20

County Route 10

Good

Over: Pursley Creek

0.07 mi. South jct WV18, Tyler, WV

Built 1999 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 200

CO 151/1 (SLS)

Good

Over: BUCKHANNAN RIVER

0.23 MI. N CO 151 (SLS), Upshur, WV

Built 2003 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,600

COUNTY ROUTE 20/25

Good

Over: BIG DITCH CREEK

0.34 MI N WV 20, Webster, WV

Built 1990 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 50

County Route 89

Good

Over: Left Fork Proctor Creek

0.01 mi. East jct CR1/3, Wetzel, WV

Built 1998 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,000

County Route 8/4

Good

Over: Miller Run

0.01 mi. West jct CR8, Wetzel, WV

Built 1998 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10

WEST VIRGINIA 14

Good

Over: LEE CREEK

0.16 MILE SOUTH OF CR 14, Wirt, WV

Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,800

COUNTY ROUTE 50/23

Good

Over: WORTHINGTON CREEK

0.01 MI EAST OF CR 50/44, Wood, WV

Built 2001 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 20

I-81 NB

Good

Over: Potomac River

On WV/MD State Line, Berkeley, WV

Built 1965 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 61,300

Showing 5,351-5,400 of 7,679 bridges

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