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Wv Route 4 over Elk River

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

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

Wv Route 4 over Elk River in Braxton County, West Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2024, making it 1 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,900 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 27 of the 148 inventoried bridges in Braxton County rated good (18.2%); 13 (8.8%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 361 ft
Location	0.06 Mi N of Co 13/3 Sls
NBI structure number	00000000004A201
Condition class	Good

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