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 44
PoorOver: LITTLES CREEK
0.01 MI NORTH OF CR 119/4, Logan, WV
Built 1933 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,400
CR 18
PoorOver: COPPERAS MINE FORK
0.02 MI S OF CR 119/35, Logan, WV
Built 1949 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,800
WV ROUTE 218
PoorOver: BENNEFIELD PRONG
0.21 MI NORTH CO RT 17, Marion, WV
Built 1924 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,400
WV 62
PoorOver: WEST CREEK
0.97 MI S OF CR 12, Mason, WV
Built 1925 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,300
CR 10
PoorOver: BENS CREEK
0.11 MI.NORTH OF CR 10/3, Mingo, WV
Built 1940 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 450
MONONGALIA CR 45
PoorOver: LITTLE INDIAN CREEK
0.05 MI EAST CO RT 45/1, Monongalia, WV
Built 1935 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 400
WV ROUTE 100
PoorOver: ROBINSON RUN
0.01 MI SOUTH CO RT 54, Monongalia, WV
Built 1925 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,900
COUNTY ROUTE 12
PoorOver: GLADE CREEK
0.43 Miles S. of WV 41, Nicholas, WV
Built 1978 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 861
WV 92
PoorOver: KNAPP CREEK
1.37 MI. S. JCT. WV 84, Pocahontas, WV
Built 1994 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 650
US 250
PoorOver: W FORK GREENBRIER RIVER
0.07 MI S POCA CO 250/11, Pocahontas, WV
Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,300
CR 3/88
PoorOver: SANDLICK CREEK
0.01 MI S OF WV 3, Raleigh, WV
Built 1993 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 30
US. 33 & WV. 55
PoorOver: ISNER CREEK
0.08 MI. W. OF CR. 5/7, Randolph, WV
Built 1939 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,100
CR 37
PoorOver: RIGHT FORK FILES CREEK
0.01 MI W CR 37/8, Randolph, WV
Built 1968 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 25
WEST VIRGINIA 16
PoorOver: WIGNER RUN
0.02 MILE SOUTH OF CR 28, Ritchie, WV
Built 1926 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,200
COUNTY ROUTE 27
PoorOver: TRACE FK LT FK B SANDY C
0.01 MILE SOUTH OF CR 31, Roane, WV
Built 1988 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 200
COUNTY ROUTE 46/2
PoorOver: LYNN CAMP RUN
0.01 MI S COUNTY 46 SLS, Upshur, WV
Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5
CR 29/16
PoorOver: BULL CREEK
0.02 MI EAST OF CR 29/9, Wayne, WV
Built 1923 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 10
CR 52/4
PoorOver: BEECH FORK
0.18 MI WEST OF CR 13, Wayne, WV
Built 1982 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 350
West Virginia 20
PoorOver: South Fork Fishing Creek
0.01 mi. North jct CR20/5, Wetzel, WV
Built 1929 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,200
COUNTY ROUTE 7
PoorOver: WALKER CREEK
0.23 M EAST OF CR 7/9, Wood, WV
Built 1955 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 250
COUNTY ROUTE 40/5
PoorOver: SAMS CREEK
0.15 MILE SOUTH OF CR 13, Wood, WV
Built 1956 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 200
WV ROUTE 54
PoorOver: SLAB FORK
0.09 MI. S. OF CR 54/6, Wyoming, WV
Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,800
COUNTY ROUTE 57/7
PoorOver: ELK CREEK
0.01 MI W OF WV 57 F, Barbour, WV
Built 1957 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 40
CR 26 SLS
PoorOver: MILL CREEK
0.27 MI. E. OF CR 51/6, Berkeley, WV
Built 1987 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,000
CR 05 SLS
PoorOver: PATTERSON CREEK
0.44 MI S OF CR 02 SLS, Grant, WV
Built 1952 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,600
CR 05 SLS
PoorOver: PATTERSON CREEK
2.00 MI N OF CR 5/1 SLS, Grant, WV
Built 1953 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 550
COUNTY ROUTE 60/34
PoorOver: CSX RAILROAD
0.04 Miles S. of US 60, Greenbrier, WV
Built 1937 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 98
COUNTY ROUTE 3/2
PoorOver: JACKSON RUN
0.54 M SOUTH OF CR 3/10, Jackson, WV
Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 90
CR 46
PoorOver: ELK TWOMILE CREEK
0.02 MI E OF CR 46/4 SLS, Kanawha, WV
Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 550
WV 25
PoorOver: KANAWHA TWOMILE CREEK
0.04 MI W OF US 60 WBL, Kanawha, WV
Built 1943 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 11,600
CR 70
PoorOver: BIG HARTS CREEK
0.02 MI SOUTH OF CR 19, Lincoln, WV
Built 1952 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 350
COUNTY ROUTE 3
PoorOver: ROCKHOUSE FORK
0.01 MI. SOUTH OF CO 19/3, Logan, WV
Built 2004 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 400
County Route 90/1
PoorOver: Maggoty Run
0.45 mi. North jct CR 74, Marshall, WV
Built 1979 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 30
WV 62
PoorOver: OLDTOWN CREEK
0.99 MI N OF CR 62/2, Mason, WV
Built 1942 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 5,000
HARP ROUTE 963
PoorOver: BULL CREEK
0.01 MILE WEST OF CR 1/2, McDowell, WV
Built 2003 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 60
CR 120
PoorOver: BLUESTONE RIVER
0.03 MI S OF CR 20/9, Mercer, WV
Built 1956 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 250
CR 252/18
PoorOver: HORSEPEN CREEK
0.01 MI SO OF U S 52, Mingo, WV
Built 1985 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 20
COUNTY ROUTE 219/8
PoorOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.07 Miles E. of US 219, Monroe, WV
Built 1977 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 20
WV 09
PoorOver: CACAPON RIVER
0.48 MI E OF CR 07, Morgan, WV
Built 1937 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,100
COUNTY ROUTE 39/17
PoorOver: NORTH FORK CHERRY RIVER
0.30 Miles E. of WV 39, Nicholas, WV
Built 1981 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 60
CR 8
PoorOver: REEDS CREEK
0.89 MI N JCT CR 10, Pendleton, WV
Built 1964 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 60
COUNTY RTE. 21
PoorOver: SOUTH FK OF S.BR.POTOMAC
0.02 MI. S. JCT. CR 25, Pendleton, WV
Built 1986 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 350
WV. 92
PoorOver: ANTHONY CREEK
4.40 MI. S. JCT.WV. 39, Pocahontas, WV
Built 1956 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 650
WV. 92
PoorOver: COCHRAN CREEK
1.23 MI. S. OF WV. 39, Pocahontas, WV
Built 1956 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 650
WV ROUTE 92
PoorOver: SQUIRES RUN
0.09 MI NORTH CO RT 35, Preston, WV
Built 1940 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,900
CR 10
PoorOver: EIGHTEEN MILE CREEK
0.66 MI E OF CR 12, Putnam, WV
Built 1953 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 350
COUNTY RT 50
PoorOver: CHARLEY CREEK
0.01 MI N OF CR 50/1 SLS, Putnam, WV
Built 1976 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,100
C R 1/2
PoorOver: CAMPFIELD RUN
0.48 MI S JCT CR 1/6, Randolph, WV
Built 1958 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50
C. R. 46
PoorOver: LEFT FORK BUCKHANNON R.
0.04 MI S JCT CR 46, Randolph, WV
Built 1985 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 300
C. R. 219/38
PoorOver: MILL CREEK
1.52 MI N JCT CR 219/16, Randolph, WV
Built 1938 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 40
Showing 7,101-7,150 of 7,679 bridges
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