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

COUNTY ROUTE 26/4

Fair

Over: LEATHERWOOD CREEK

1.81 MI S OF CO 26 SLS, Webster, WV

Built 1975 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 10

I-77 NBL&SBL

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF TYGART CREEK

0.05 MI NORTH OF CR 21, Wood, WV

Built 1968 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 7,700

CR 16/17

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.01 MI W OF WV 16, Wyoming, WV

Built 1988 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 20

WV 97

Fair

Over: SKIN FORK

0.01 MI E OF CR 9/5, Wyoming, WV

Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,000

US 52

Fair

Over: VIRGINIA AVENUE

0.90 MI NORTH OF I-64, Cabell, WV

Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 14,400

I64 ACCESS RAMPS

Fair

Over: MERRICK CREEK

0.02 MILES W. OF WV 193, Cabell, WV

Built 2000 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 16,950

INTERSTATE 64

Fair

Over: KILGORE CREEK

0.99 MILES EAST OF C R 13, Cabell, WV

Built 1959 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 24,900

WV ROUTE 18

Fair

Over: BLUESTONE CREEK

0.21 MI SOUTH CO RT 18/1, Doddridge, WV

Built 1971 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,700

US ROUTE 50

Fair

Over: MORGANS RUN

0.01 MI WEST CO RT 20, Doddridge, WV

Built 1970 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 17,500

US ROUTE 50

Fair

Over: BLUESTONE CREEK

0.03 MI EAST WV RT 18, Doddridge, WV

Built 1971 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 13,800

US ROUTE 50

Fair

Over: BRUSHY RUN

0.30 MI WEST WV ROUTE 18, Doddridge, WV

Built 1970 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 11,500

I-77

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

1.30 MI. N OF PAX I/C, Fayette, WV

Built 1980 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 28,282

I-77 PAX EXIT RR

Fair

Over: WILLIS BRANCH

0.04 MI S OF PAX I/C, Fayette, WV

Built 1981 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 28,282

US 50 T.

Fair

Over: JOHNNY CAKE RUN

0.03 MI E OF CR 50/11 SLS, Grant, WV

Built 1970 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,200

Chelyan Ramps

Fair

Over: Slaughter Creek

CHELYAN RAMPS, Kanawha, WV

Built 1984 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 8,273

I-77

Fair

Over: TUNNEL ACCESS ROAD

1.13 MI. N. OF WV 83 CONN, Kanawha, WV

Built 1987 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 23,191

CR 119/8

Fair

Over: BANDMILL HOLLOW

1.10 MILE EAST OF WV 17, Logan, WV

Built 1980 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 150

US 52

Fair

Over: BRUSH FORK

0.16 MI WEST OF CR 23, Mercer, WV

Built 1950 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,400

US 19

Fair

Over: ENOCH BRANCH

0.04 Miles N. of WV 55, Nicholas, WV

Built 1972 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 10,900

I-77 Crossover

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

MM 33.40, Raleigh, WV

Built 1984 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20

West Virginia 2

Fair

Over: Doolin Run

0.15 mi. North jct WV 7, Wetzel, WV

Built 1936 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 10,400

West Virginia 7

Fair

Over: WV Fork of Fish Creek

0.08 mi. West jct US 250, Wetzel, WV

Built 1936 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,200

ACCESS ROAD

Fair

Over: GUYANDOTTE RIVER

R.D. BAILEY LAKE, Wyoming, WV

Built 1931 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: UNT WHITE OAK FORK

1.19 miles up FR 133, Webster, WV

Built 2022 ADT: 10

WV 20

Good

Over: Brier Branch Sinkhole

0.37 Miles N of CR 44/6, Summers, WV

Built 2022 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,900

WV ROUTE 92

Good

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

0.18 MI SOUTH US RT 50, Preston, WV

Built 2004 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 3,800

US ROUTE 119

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.01 MI NORTH CR 119/36, Taylor, WV

Built 2001 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 2,300

COUNTY ROUTE 87/7

Good

Over: LOGLICK RUN

0.01 MILE WEST OF CR 87/9, Jackson, WV

Built 1999 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 70

FOREST ROAD

Good

Over: CAPON RUN

OFF WV SR 259/6, Hardy, WV

Built 1999 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 80

HARRISON CO RT 5/2

Good

Over: MCINTIRE FORK

0.19 MI SOUTH CO RT 5/3, Harrison, WV

Built 1918 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 3/3

Good

Over: PLUM RUN

0.01 MI. WEST OF CR 3/1, Wood, WV

Built 1913 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 200

US 48 (X)

Good

Over: WV93 (F)

1.46 Mi east of WV 93, Grant, WV

Built 2013 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 1,300

WEST VIRGINIA 68

Good

Over: Interstate 77

0.16 MILE N OF CR 4/6, Wood, WV

Built 2013 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 13,600

COUNTY ROUTE 22/3

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK HUGHES RIVER

0.01 MI E OF CR 7/18, Ritchie, WV

Built 1923 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 30

US 50 (X)

Good

Over: WV 23 WB (Wye)

0.43 mi W of Har Co 50/3, Harrison, WV

Built 2019 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 9,550

US 50 (X)

Good

Over: WV 23 (wye)

0.43 mi W Hrr Rt 50/3, Harrison, WV

Built 2019 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 9,550

WV 68

Good

Over: WV 68 North Fork Lee Cr

0.04 Mi North of C.R. 9/9, Wood, WV

Built 2020 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 3,100

US 48 (X)

Good

Over: LOST RIVER

0.16 MI E OF WV 259 F, Hardy, WV

Built 2003 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,300

CR 41

Good

Over: EIGHTEENMILE CREEK

0.16 MI E OF CR 41/3, Mason, WV

Built 2019 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 850

CLARK STREET

Good

Over: CSX RR CSX Drive

ON CLARK ST CLARKSBURG WV, Harrison, WV

Built 2008 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 1,500

COUNTY ROUTE 9

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.24 MI E CO 40, Barbour, WV

Built 1915 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100

CR 16

Good

Over: KILGORE CREEK

0.64 MI SOUTH OF CR 16/1, Cabell, WV

Built 1950 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 350

I64 EB & WB

Good

Over: Guyandotte R CO60/52&26

1.78 mi west of CO 60/89, Cabell, WV

Built 2023 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 33,900

I64 WB

Good

Over: Mud River and CO Rt 26/2

0.21 Mi West of CO 60/8, Cabell, WV

Built 2023 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 17,650

COUNTY ROUTE 2

Good

Over: MEADOW RIVER

0.01 Miles E. of WV 41, Greenbrier, WV

Built 2006 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 80

CR 55/20 SLS

Good

Over: US 48X

1.48 MI W OF CR 23/2 SLS, Hardy, WV

Built 2003 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,300

HARR CO RT 35/5

Good

Over: STUTLER FORK

0.01 MI NORTH CO RT 35/6, Harrison, WV

Built 1922 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 150

HARRISON CR 52/2

Good

Over: ROOTING CREEK

0.03 MI SOUTH CO RT 52, Harrison, WV

Built 1921 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROUTE 21/29

Good

Over: HARPOLD BR OF PARCHMENT

0.02 M EAST OF CR 38/4, Jackson, WV

Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROUTE 7

Good

Over: HORNER RUN

0.10 MILE WEST OF CR 7/6, Jackson, WV

Built 1943 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 750

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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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What to do with this

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. West Virginia Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.