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County Route 9 over Right Fork Steer Creek

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

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

County Route 9 over Right Fork Steer Creek in Braxton 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1949, making it 76 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 148 inventoried bridges in Braxton County rated poor (8.8%); 13 (8.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 103 ft
Location	0.03 Mi S of Co 9/2
NBI structure number	00000000004A040
Condition class	Poor

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