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County Route 85/8 over Little Coal River

Boone County, West Virginia · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

County Route 85/8 over Little Coal River in Boone County, West Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 131 inventoried bridges in Boone County rated poor (16.8%); 22 (16.8%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 193 ft
Location	0.03 Mi S of CR 119/20
NBI structure number	00000000003A043
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the West Virginia department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 119 & CR 3/4 over Rock Creek	1987	12,300	Fair
US 119 North over Little Coal River Csxrr	1989	12,300	Fair
US 119 Nbl Cor. G over Little Coal River & CSX	1989	12,300	Fair
US 119 over Trace Fork	1975	12,300	Fair
US 119 Sbl over WV85 CR119/9 Coal Rv.csx	1973	11,900	Poor
US 119 over Cox Fk of Turtle Creek	1975	11,900	Fair