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

CO 19/13

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.40 MI NORTH OF CO 19/41, Raleigh, WV

Built 2001 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 400

CR 6

Fair

Over: RATTLESNAKE RUN

0.48 MI N. CR 9/3, Randolph, WV

Built 1990 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 10

C.R. 30

Fair

Over: LEFT FORK FILES CREEK

0.55 MI. W. JCT. CR 22, Randolph, WV

Built 1993 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 200

WEST VIRGINIA 36

Fair

Over: RIGHT FORK SANDY CREEK

1.90 M SOUTH OF CR 36/20, Roane, WV

Built 1972 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 550

WEST VIRGINIA 36

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.02 M SOUTH OF US 119, Roane, WV

Built 1991 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 2,400

COUNTY ROUTE 12/3

Fair

Over: FINK RUN

0.03 MI S OF US 33, Upshur, WV

Built 1980 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 10

CR 36

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.94 MI EAST OF US 52, Wayne, WV

Built 1989 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 900

CR 41

Fair

Over: WEST FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK

1.06 MILE SOUTH OF CR 35, Wayne, WV

Built 1993 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROUTE 15

Fair

Over: BETSY RUN

0.85 MI WEST JCT CR 60, Wetzel, WV

Built 1989 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 250

County Route 82

Fair

Over: Buffalo Run

0.32 mi. South jct WV 20, Wetzel, WV

Built 2012 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROUTE 5

Fair

Over: HOPKINS FK OF LAUREL CK

8.03 MI NORTH OF CR 12, Boone, WV

Built 1992 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 950

CR 36/1

Fair

Over: CHARLEY CREEK

0.05 MI SOUTH OF CO 36, Cabell, WV

Built 1989 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 35/22

Fair

Over: LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER

0.40 MI W OF WV 5, Gilmer, WV

Built 1999 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 60/23

Fair

Over: MILLIGAN CREEK

0.10 MIiles S. of US 60, Greenbrier, WV

Built 1971 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 22

CR 08 SLS

Fair

Over: BUFFALO RUN

1.23 MI.N.JCT.CR.8/2 SLS, Hampshire, WV

Built 1975 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 350

CR 08 SLS

Fair

Over: NORTH RIVER

0.10 MI S OF CR 01 SLS, Hardy, WV

Built 1990 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 150

US 220 X

Fair

Over: DURGON RUN

0.02 MI N OF CR 220/5 SLS, Hardy, WV

Built 1998 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 4,900

HARRISON CR 20/62

Fair

Over: LITTLE TENMILE CREEK

0.01 MI NORTH CO RT 20/2, Harrison, WV

Built 1989 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 10

HARRISON CR 50/62

Fair

Over: SALEM FORK

0.35 MI EAST CO RT 50/6, Harrison, WV

Built 1978 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 14

Fair

Over: MUD RUN

0.03 MILE SOUTH OF CR 21, Jackson, WV

Built 1997 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 500

CR 60/14

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

1.80 MI W OF CR 8, Kanawha, WV

Built 1988 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,200

CR 76

Fair

Over: CABIN CREEK

1.50 MI N OF PUBLIC 76/1, Kanawha, WV

Built 1991 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 600

CR 81

Fair

Over: KELLY CREEK

1.76 MI E OF CR 81/1, Kanawha, WV

Built 1989 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,200

COUNTY ROUTE 1/7

Fair

Over: GEELICK RUN

0.58 MI W OF CO RT 1, Lewis, WV

Built 2001 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 750

CR 50

Fair

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

0.25 MI NORTH OF CR 50/1, Lincoln, WV

Built 1989 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 200

CR 7/5

Fair

Over: HEWETT CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 7, Logan, WV

Built 1988 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 150

CR 119/18

Fair

Over: MILLER BRANCH

0.01 MI EAST OF CR 700/61, Logan, WV

Built 1987 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 70

US RT 52

Fair

Over: ELKHORN CREEK

0.03 MI E OF CR 52/13, McDowell, WV

Built 1991 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 3,100

West Virginia 2

Fair

Over: Vacant Land

0.06 mi. North jct WV 2SP, Marshall, WV

Built 1976 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 12,700

CR 52/6

Fair

Over: BLUESTONE RIVER

0.37 MI E OF WV 102, Mercer, WV

Built 1992 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 250

WV 71

Fair

Over: BLUESTONE RIVER

0.01 MI N OF CR 71/4, Mercer, WV

Built 1988 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 850

CR 219/3

Fair

Over: PAYNE BRANCH

1.70 MI E OF CR 460/12, Mercer, WV

Built 1990 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 90

CR 2/2

Fair

Over: MARROWBONE CREEK

0.47 MI EAST OF CR 65/1, Mingo, WV

Built 1992 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 250

CR 13

Fair

Over: HORSEPEN CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF US 52, Mingo, WV

Built 1988 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,600

MONONGALIA CR 20

Fair

Over: JAKES RUN

0.02 MI WEST CO RT 29, Monongalia, WV

Built 1989 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 200

US Route 40

Fair

Over: Little Wheeling Creek

0.16 mi. West jct CR29, Ohio, WV

Built 1986 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 3,700

PRESTON CO RT 33

Fair

Over: THREEFORK CREEK

0.14 MI SOUTH CO RT 35, Preston, WV

Built 1993 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 550

PRESTON CO RT 50/2

Fair

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

0.07 MI SOUTH US ROUTE 50, Preston, WV

Built 1992 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 400

CR 5

Fair

Over: MANILLA CREEK

2.62 MI N OF CR 27, Putnam, WV

Built 1991 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 750

WV 3

Fair

Over: LITTLE MARSH FORK

0.07 MI E OF CR 3/1, Raleigh, WV

Built 1954 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,200

CR 19/27

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.02 MI N OF CR 19/12, Raleigh, WV

Built 1936 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROUTE 7

Fair

Over: N S RAILWAY

0.24 MILE N OF WV 3, Raleigh, WV

Built 1997 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROUTE 13

Fair

Over: MARSH FORK

0.40 MI EAST OF WV 3, Raleigh, WV

Built 1999 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 250

CO 16/2

Fair

Over: LITTLE WHITESTICK CREEK

0.04 MI WEST OF CO 19/67, Raleigh, WV

Built 2004 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 400

CR 35

Fair

Over: CASSITY FORK

0.01 MI W JCT CR 35/7, Randolph, WV

Built 1993 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 350

TAYLOR CO RT 16

Fair

Over: LOST RUN

0.02 MI EAST TAY CO RT 12, Taylor, WV

Built 2003 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 100

County Route 18/4

Fair

Over: Pursley Creek

0.31 Mi. West Jct. WV 18, Tyler, WV

Built 1996 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 150

CR 52/56

Fair

Over: WEST FK TWELVEPOLE CK

0.49 MI SOUTH OF CR 52/20, Wayne, WV

Built 1911 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 50

I-77 NBL

Fair

Over: TYGART CREEK

1.66 MILE SOUTH OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1997 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,400

I-77 SBL

Fair

Over: TYGART CREEK

1.66 MILE SOUTH OF WV 14, Wood, WV

Built 1997 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,400

Showing 3,701-3,750 of 7,348 bridges

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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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