Total Bridges
7,679
Public highway bridges in West Virginia
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
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
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
GU
Guam
15.25% top marginal rate
WV
West Virginia
16.02% top marginal rate
SD
South Dakota
16.24% top marginal rate
IA
Iowa
20.01% top marginal rate
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
PoorOver: CSX RAILROAD TRACK
0.07 MILE WEST OF WV 2, Pleasants, WV
Built 1980 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROUTE 12/1
PoorOver: ALLEN CREEK
0.08 MI. N. OF CO. 12/15, Wyoming, WV
Built 1920 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 300
COUNTY ROUTE 1/1
PoorOver: STRAIGHT CREEK
0.10 MI W OF CR 1, Calhoun, WV
Built 1926 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 350
COUNTY ROUTE 7
PoorOver: STEER CREEK
0.51 MILE EAST OF CR 7/5, Calhoun, WV
Built 1930 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 250
N0535
PoorOver: DEMPSEY BRANCH
0.01 Miles E. of CR 8, Fayette, WV
Built 1970 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 12
COUNTY ROUTE 60/5
PoorOver: 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
WV 259 F
PoorOver: HALTERMAN HOLLOW RUN
0.37 MI S CR 18 SLS, Hardy, WV
Built 1932 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,900
COUNTY ROUTE 15
PoorOver: KISSEL RUN
0.09 MILE SOUTH CR 32/7, Jackson, WV
Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 350
CR. 51/3
PoorOver: ELK TWOMILE CREEK
1.00 MI N CR 114/1, Kanawha, WV
Built 1988 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 450
COUNTY ROUTE 60/12
PoorOver: GEORGE'S CREEK
0.05 MI N OF CR 60/11, Kanawha, WV
Built 1954 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 900
CR 63
PoorOver: FALLING ROCK CREEK
0.01 MI S OF CR 58, Kanawha, WV
Built 1951 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 200
CR 702/22
PoorOver: MUD FORK
0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 5, Logan, WV
Built 1982 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 20
MARION CO RT 7
PoorOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.07 MI WEST CO RT 1, Marion, WV
Built 1988 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,400
COUNTY ROUTE 73
PoorOver: PRICKETT CREEK
0.12 MI SOUTH CR 72, Marion, WV
Built 1955 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 6,900
CR 2
PoorOver: CLEAR FORK
0.01 MI EAST OF CO 2/2, McDowell, WV
Built 1978 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 90
COUNTY ROUTE 5/2
PoorOver: CRANE CREEK
0.25 MI N OF CR 5/11, McDowell, WV
Built 1978 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 250
COUNTY ROUTE 5/2
PoorOver: DRY FORK
0.01 MI. S. OF WV 80, McDowell, WV
Built 1941 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 250
COUNTY ROUTE 15
PoorOver: BLUESTONE RIVER
1.15 MI. E. OF CR 120, Mercer, WV
Built 1964 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 150
PRESTON CO RT 12
PoorOver: MILL RUN
0.01 MI EAST CO RT 5/18, Preston, WV
Built 1965 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 450
winner circle
PoorOver: Hurricane Creek
0.01 miles S of US 60, Putnam, WV
Built 1970 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50
CR 9/1
PoorOver: LOG LICK RUN
0.66 MI N CR 9, Randolph, WV
Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 30
US. 33
PoorOver: HORSECAMP RUN
0.03 MI. W. OF WV.32, Randolph, WV
Built 1955 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,100
COUNTY ROUTE 15
PoorOver: NORTH FORK HUGHES RIVER
0.05 M WEST OF WV 31, Ritchie, WV
Built 1949 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 150
COUNTY ROUTE 47/17
PoorOver: WALKER CREEK
0.22 MILE NORTH OF WV 47, Wood, WV
Built 1977 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 150
HARP ROUTE 978
PoorOver: BR OF ROCKCASTLE CREEK
0.02 MI S OF CO 10/14, Wyoming, WV
Built 2001 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 40
HARP 985
PoorOver: Straight Fork
0.01 Mile N. of Co. 10/5, Wyoming, WV
Built 2003 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 30
US 119
PoorOver: A&O RAILROAD
1.01 MI S CO 10, Barbour, WV
Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,300
COUNTY ROUTE 60/15
PoorOver: BRACKENS CREEK
0.38 Miles N. of US 60, Fayette, WV
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20
COUNTY ROUTE 11
PoorOver: SAND FORK
0.11 MI S OF CO 11/3, Gilmer, WV
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 90
COUNTY ROUTE 44
PoorOver: LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER
0.01 MI S OF WV 5 T, Gilmer, WV
Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROUTE 17/2
PoorOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.04 MI S JCT CO 17 SLS, Gilmer, WV
Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROUTE 9/4
PoorOver: CULVERSON CREEK
0.55 Miles N. of CR 10, Greenbrier, WV
Built 1952 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 33
US 60
PoorOver: DRY CREEK
0.01 Miles E. of CR 36, Greenbrier, WV
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,090
WV 29 F
PoorOver: NORTH RIVER
0.61 MI S OF CR 11/1 SLS, Hampshire, WV
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,000
COUNTY ROAD 10/6
PoorOver: BLOOD RUN
0.01 MI.W. WEST OF CR.10, Jackson, WV
Built 1980 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 200
CR 72/1
PoorOver: SLAUGHTER CREEK
0.01 MI W OF CR 72, Kanawha, WV
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 200
CR 14
PoorOver: RUM CREEK
1.07 MI EAST OF CR 701/98, Logan, WV
Built 1979 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 200
MARION CO RT 80/2
PoorOver: PRICKETT CREEK
0.03 MI WEST CO RT 80, Marion, WV
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 600
CR 102/71
PoorOver: ELKHORN CREEK
0.01 MI. E. OF CR 102/71, McDowell, WV
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 40
CR 219/6
PoorOver: EAST RIVER
0.06 MI S OF CR 460/6, Mercer, WV
Built 1943 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 150
COUNTY ROUTE 2/7
PoorOver: MARROWBONE CREEK
0.01 MILE SOUTH OF C.R. 2, Mingo, WV
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30
MONON CO RT 81/1
PoorOver: COBUN CREEK
0.76 MI WEST CO RT 81, Monongalia, WV
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10
WV. 28
PoorOver: SENECA CREEK
0.08 MI. N. JCT. US. 33, Pendleton, WV
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,500
US. 33
PoorOver: BRIERY GAP RUN
0.07 MI. E. OF CR 33/4, Pendleton, WV
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,600
WV 28
PoorOver: NORTH FORK DEER CREEK
0.06 MI N JCT CR 8, Pocahontas, WV
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,700
PRE CO RT 92/13
PoorOver: LITTLE SANDY CREEK
0.02 MI S OF CR 92/16, Preston, WV
Built 1981 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10
COUNTY ROUTE 34/2
PoorOver: LEFT FORK SPRUCE CREEK
0.04 MILE EAST OF CR 34, Ritchie, WV
Built 1978 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30
WV 32
PoorOver: BLACKWATER RIVER
1.02 MILES N.JCT.CR 37, Tucker, WV
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,800
WV 20
PoorOver: GRASSY CREEK
0.29 MI N OF CO 20/10, Webster, WV
Built 1924 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,100
CO 52/2
PoorOver: HUFF CREEK
0.05 MI W OF US 52, Wyoming, WV
Built 1979 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 90
COUNTY ROUTE 9
PoorOver: RIGHT FORK STEER CREEK
0.34 MI N OF CO 18, Braxton, WV
Built 1949 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 400
County Route 30/2
PoorOver: Girty Run
0.50 Mi. East Jct. CR 30, Brooke, WV
Built 1948 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
WV 10
PoorOver: SMITH CREEK
0.05 MI NORTH OF CR 66, Cabell, WV
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,000
WV 16
PoorOver: WEST FK LITTLE KANAWHA R
0.06 MI N CR 16/28, Calhoun, WV
Built 1932 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,100
WV ROUTE 23
PoorOver: SKELTON RUN
0.05 MI WEST CO RT 16, Doddridge, WV
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 600
WV 29 WYE SLS
PoorOver: BEAR WALLOW CREEK
0.04 MI N OF US 50 T, Hampshire, WV
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,700
Showing 7,001-7,050 of 7,679 bridges
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