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 82
PoorOver: BIRCH RIVER
2.38 MI W OF CO 44/8, Webster, WV
Built 1940 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 850
COUNTY ROUTE 21
PoorOver: TYGART CREEK
0.08 MI. S. OF CR 21/25, Wood, WV
Built 1922 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,000
CR 52/5
PoorOver: MUZZLE FORK
0.01 MI W OF US 52, Wyoming, WV
Built 1979 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 150
COUNTY ROUTE 10/70
PoorOver: HUFF CREEK
0.01 MI NORTH OF CO 10/3, Wyoming, WV
Built 2005 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10
US 119 NBL
PoorOver: LITTLE COAL RIVER
0.06 MI N OF CR 119/57, Boone, WV
Built 1981 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10,900
CR 119/9
PoorOver: TURTLE CREEK
0.02 MI N OF CR 85/8, Boone, WV
Built 1929 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,000
WV 16
PoorOver: SYCAMORE CREEK
0.43 MI N OF CR 22, Clay, WV
Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,300
WV ROUTE 23
PoorOver: LAUGHERTY FORK
0.07 MI WEST CO RT 55/2, Doddridge, WV
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 400
WV 41
PoorOver: FLOYD CREEK
0.08 Miles S. of CR 11, Fayette, WV
Built 1928 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 752
US 33
PoorOver: GRANDCAMP RUN
0.01 MI E OF CO 119/11, Gilmer, WV
Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,400
COUNTY ROUTE 9/6
PoorOver: SINKING CREEK
0.18 Miles N. of CR 9, Greenbrier, WV
Built 1977 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 22
WV 12
PoorOver: MILL CREEK
0.72 Miles N. of CR 54/3, Greenbrier, WV
Built 1934 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,792
COUNTY ROUTE 36/3
PoorOver: CAN CREEK
0.30 Miles W. of CR 36, Greenbrier, WV
Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 55
CR 03 SLS
PoorOver: CROOKED RUN
0.04 MI W OF CR 3/4 SLS, Hampshire, WV
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 900
HARRISON CO RT 25
PoorOver: BROWNS CREEK
0.08 MI SOUTH CO RT 25/10, Harrison, WV
Built 1921 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,100
HRR CO RT 997 HARP
PoorOver: LOST CREEK
0.15 MI SOUTH WV RT 270, Harrison, WV
Built 2004 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROUTE 5/3
PoorOver: LEFT FORK COW CREEK
0.02 MI. E. OF CR 22/5, Jackson, WV
Built 1969 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100
CR 21/35
PoorOver: POCATALICO CREEK
0.10 MI WEST OF CR 21, Jackson, WV
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 150
COUNTY ROUTE 32
PoorOver: Thirteen Mile Creek
0.01 MILE SOUTH OF CR 17, Jackson, WV
Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 60
I-77 NBL
PoorOver: SANDY CREEK
0.19 MI. S. WV.33, Jackson, WV
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 9,750
COUNTY ROUTE 56
PoorOver: STRAIGHT FK SANDY CK
0.01 MILE WEST CR 33/4, Jackson, WV
Built 1934 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,500
CR 57
PoorOver: SLACK BRANCH OF BLUE CK
0.08 MI S OF CR 49, Kanawha, WV
Built 1980 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 400
COUNTY ROUTE 1
PoorOver: GEELICK RUN
0.06 MI N OF CO 1/7, Lewis, WV
Built 1924 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,700
US 19 SLS
PoorOver: SAMMY RUN
0.19 MI N JCT CO 19/15, Lewis, WV
Built 1927 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,300
US 19 SLS
PoorOver: MAXWELL RUN
0.14 MI N OF CO 19/26 SLS, Lewis, WV
Built 1929 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,300
WV 3
PoorOver: VALLEY FORK
0.01 MI WEST OF CR 3/4, Lincoln, WV
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,000
WV 3
PoorOver: BEAR FORK
0.02 MI WEST OF CR 16, Lincoln, WV
Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,100
WV 3
PoorOver: PORTER FORK
0.09 MI EAST OF WV 214, Lincoln, WV
Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,000
CO 11
PoorOver: FOURMILE CREEK
0.07 MI SOUTH OF CR 23, Lincoln, WV
Built 1976 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 750
CR 22
PoorOver: BIG LAUREL CREEK
0.79 MI NORTH OF CR 7, Lincoln, WV
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 80
CR 12
PoorOver: CROOKED CREEK
0.11 MI SOUTH OF CR 12/1, Logan, WV
Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,200
COUNTY ROUTE 29
PoorOver: CRAB CREEK
0.08 MI E OF CR 29/16, Mason, WV
Built 1979 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 500
CR 15
PoorOver: NS RAILROAD
0.14 MI EAST OF CR 52/27, Mingo, WV
Built 1934 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,500
WV 65
PoorOver: LAUREL FORK
0.08 MI SOUTH OF CR 3/5, Mingo, WV
Built 1947 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,900
MONONGALIA CR 73
PoorOver: BOOTHS CREEK
0.03 MI NORTH CO RT 73/7, Monongalia, WV
Built 1931 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,400
US 219
PoorOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.13 Miles S of CR 219/10, Monroe, WV
Built 1930 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,808
County Route 15
PoorOver: Waddles Run
1.07 mi. East jct WV88, Ohio, WV
Built 1926 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,200
CR 5/1
PoorOver: ROARING CREEK
2.03 MI N JCT US 33, Pendleton, WV
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100
CR 5
PoorOver: MCKIM CREEK
0.07 MI SOUTH OF CR 32, Pleasants, WV
Built 1952 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100
US 219 & WV 55
PoorOver: STONY CREEK
0.03 MI. S. JCT.CR 219/3, Pocahontas, WV
Built 1998 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,700
WV ROUTE 92
PoorOver: BIRDS CREEK
0.26 MI SOUTH CO RT 58, Preston, WV
Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,700
WV 54
PoorOver: BURNT FORK
0.82 MI S OF CR 34, Raleigh, WV
Built 1959 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,800
RAND. C.R. 24
PoorOver: FILES CREEK
0.21 MI. S. JCT. CR 37/8, Randolph, WV
Built 1995 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 400
WV 12
PoorOver: WOLF CREEK
0.05 Miles South of CR 14, Summers, WV
Built 1936 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,205
WV 20
PoorOver: BROOKS BRANCH
0.01 Miles N. of CR 20/4, Summers, WV
Built 1935 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,900
C. R. 17
PoorOver: LEFT FORK CLOVER RUN
0.15 MI W JCT CR 21, Tucker, WV
Built 1951 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40
C. R. 21
PoorOver: LEFT FORK CLOVER RUN
1.03 MI W JCT C R 17, Tucker, WV
Built 1950 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100
CR 30
PoorOver: LYNN CREEK
0.67 MI NORTH OF CR 30/1, Wayne, WV
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 250
County Route 52
PoorOver: Reader Creek
0.09 mi North jct CR 40/1, Wetzel, WV
Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROUTE 4/2
PoorOver: LEE CREEK
0.09 MILE NORTH OF CR 4, Wirt, WV
Built 1943 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100
Showing 7,201-7,250 of 7,679 bridges
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