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

WV 527

Good

Over: Fourpole

0.54 mile South of CO 101, Cabell, WV

Built 2022 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 11,700

County Route 9

Good

Over: C.R. 9 Barnes Run

0.86 MI W CR 18, Calhoun, WV

Built 2021 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

Access Road

Good

Over: Middle Island Creek

0.01 Miles East of WV 18, Doddridge, WV

Built 2022 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 400

County Route 60/29

Good

Over: Meadow River

0.01 Miles East of US 60, Greenbrier, WV

Built 2019 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 101

US Route 30

Good

Over: WV RTE 2 & OHIO RIVER

0.39 mi. West jct WV 2, Hancock, WV

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 12,731

CR 23/7 SLS

Good

Over: LOST RIVER

0.06 MI S OF CR 55/20, Hardy, WV

Built 2002 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50

CO50/59|N 13th St

Good

Over: US-50 East and West

0.01 MI N US-50 on Ramp, Harrison, WV

Built 2022 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,500

US 33

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.05 MILE EAST OF CR 15, Jackson, WV

Built 2003 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 15,900

HARP 948

Good

Over: Mud Run

0.05 Miles West of CR 21, Jackson, WV

Built 2015 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 80

WV 480 F

Good

Over: POTOMAC RIVER C&O CANAL

0.27 MI NORTH OF CR 05, Jefferson, WV

Built 2005 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,300

COUNTY ROUTE 43/4

Good

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

0.02 MIL EAST OF CR 43, Kanawha, WV

Built 2002 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50

WV 10

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

0.05 MI SOUTH OF CR 52, Lincoln, WV

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,900

MARION CO RT 74

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.30 MI NORTH CO RT 73/6, Marion, WV

Built 1982 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 500

WV 218

Good

Over: PAW PAW CREEK

0.03 miles S of Mar Co 17, Marion, WV

Built 2016 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,500

I-77 NB

Good

Over: Mercer County Route 20

1.96 MI. N. OF I 460, Mercer, WV

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 13,398

C.R. 11 SLS

Good

Over: PATTERSON CREEK

0.15 MI N OF CR 46/9 SLS, Mineral, WV

Built 1993 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 350

US 220

Good

Over: NORTH MILL CREEK

1.81 MI N OF CR 220/2, Pendleton, WV

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,100

U.S. 219

Good

Over: Tygart Valley River

0.69 mile south of CR 58, Randolph, WV

Built 2012 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,600

CR 11

Good

Over: BUCKHANNON RIVER

0.16 MI E OF CO 11/15, Upshur, WV

Built 2015 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 350

COUNTY ROUTE 36

Good

Over: W FK OF TWELVEPOLE CK

0.06 MILES WEST OF WV 152, Wayne, WV

Built 2006 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

County Route 15

Good

Over: Willey Fork

0.01 mi. East jct CR19, Wetzel, WV

Built 1984 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 300

WEST VIRGINIA 47

Good

Over: WORTHINGTON CREEK

0.56 MILE EAST OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 2002 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 6,800

WEST VIRGINIA 68

Good

Over: US 50 W

0.20 MILE NORTH OF US 50, Wood, WV

Built 2003 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,400

COUNTY RTE 10 SLS

Good

Over: TYGART VALLEY RIVER

0.01 MI E OF CO 8/4 SLS, Barbour, WV

Built 2010 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 150

CR 36

Good

Over: Opequon Creek

0.01 mile west of CR 38, Berkeley, WV

Built 2016 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 5,400

CR 3/9

Good

Over: BIG COAL RIVER

0.05 MI S OF WV 3, Boone, WV

Built 2017 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 80

COUNTY ROUNTE 15/5

Good

Over: JERICHO DRAFT

0.11 Miles S. of CR 36/1, Greenbrier, WV

Built 1996 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 399

COUNTY ROUTE 50/3

Good

Over: Dry Creek

0.04 Miles North of CR 50, Greenbrier, WV

Built 2016 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 30

CR 11/3 SLS

Good

Over: Camp Branch Run

1.18 Miles north of CR 11, Hardy, WV

Built 2011 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 50

Harr Co Rt 23/9

Good

Over: Ann Moore Run

0.11 mi S of Har Co 23/19, Harrison, WV

Built 2017 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 6,400

I 77 NORTH

Good

Over: County Route 1

8.44 MILES NORTH OF US 33, Jackson, WV

Built 2006 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 8,300

County Route 25/1

Good

Over: TUG FORK OF MILL CREEK

1.34 M South of CR 34/1, Jackson, WV

Built 2018 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 90

WV ROUTE 10 NB

Good

Over: CR10/4 Guyandotte CSX

0.10 mile N of C.R. 10/4, Logan, WV

Built 2009 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 6,000

CR 14

Good

Over: Rum Creek & CSX Railroad

0.05 mile east of WV 10, Logan, WV

Built 2014 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 950

County Route 1/3

Good

Over: Longpole Creek

MI. E. OF CR. 1 1.30, McDowell, WV

Built 2020 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 150

CR 10

Good

Over: BENS CREEK

0.95 MI SOUTH OF CR 10/1, Mingo, WV

Built 1975 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 450

County Route 3/5

Good

Over: West FK of Twelvepole CK

1.03 MI South of CR 3/11, Mingo, WV

Built 2018 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 500

MON CO RT 76

Good

Over: BOOTHS CREEK

0.26 MI SOUTH CO RT 76/4, Monongalia, WV

Built 1999 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100

WV Rt. 7

Good

Over: Scotts Run

0.16 mi E of Mgl Co 43, Monongalia, WV

Built 2015 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,600

Mon Co 11

Good

Over: WV Fork of Dunkard Creek

0.05 miles E of WV 7 (F), Monongalia, WV

Built 2016 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 200

CR 08 (SLS)

Good

Over: Sleepy Creek

0.16 mi S of CR 24 (SLS), Morgan, WV

Built 2017 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 250

US 250 Northbound

Good

Over: 26th & 27th Streets

At junction CR 18/2, Ohio, WV

Built 1978 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,875

CR 7

Good

Over: MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK

0.01 MI EAST OF CR 7/2, Pleasants, WV

Built 1978 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 800

CR 29/4

Good

Over: LITTLE HURRICANE CREEK

0.06 MI S OF CR 29, Putnam, WV

Built 1980 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 50

US35SB

Good

Over: WV869

Intersection of WV869, Putnam, WV

Built 2020 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 11,100

US35NB

Good

Over: WV 869

Intersection of WV869, Putnam, WV

Built 2020 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 5,550

COUNTY ROUTE 64

Good

Over: CONLEY RUN

0.69 MI.E. US.219, Randolph, WV

Built 1986 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 150

US 33

Good

Over: Barker Run and CR. 14

1.11 MI. W JCT CR 14, Randolph, WV

Built 2000 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,410

WV 31

Good

Over: North Fork Hughes River

.10 Mi.South To C.R. 31/4, Ritchie, WV

Built 2019 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 700

COUNTY ROUTE 46/1

Good

Over: MUD FORK

.10 MI S OF CR 46, Roane, WV

Built 2022 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 90

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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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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.