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Wv 5 over Little Kanawha River

Braxton County, West Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Wv 5 over Little Kanawha River in Braxton County, West Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,404 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 108 of the 148 inventoried bridges in Braxton County rated fair (73.0%); 13 (8.8%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 217 ft
Location	0.09 Mi E of Co 5/10
NBI structure number	00000000004A016
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-79 N over Co 5/11	1973	13,000	Fair
US 19 over Little Birch River	1998	12,126	Good
US 19 over Little Birch River	1970	12,126	Fair
I-79 over A&O RR Main Street	1973	11,900	Fair
I-79 N over Elk Rvr WV 4 Co 28/1	1969	11,150	Fair
I-79 over Buffalo Ck and Co 28/2	2000	11,150	Fair