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West Virginia 16 over Little Kanawha River

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

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

West Virginia 16 over Little Kanawha River in Calhoun 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 substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960 and reconstructed in 1987, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 50 inventoried bridges in Calhoun County rated fair (36.0%); 13 (26.0%) 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 375 ft
Location	0.09 Mile South of Wv 5
NBI structure number	00000000007A045
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Wv 16 over Phillip Run	1960	2,400	Good
Wv 16 over Philip Run	2023	2,400	Good
US 33 over West Fk Little Kanawha R	1964	1,800	Poor
Wv 16 over Millstone Creek	1932	1,500	Poor
West Virginia 16 over Crummis Creek	1997	1,400	Poor
West Virginia 5 over Laurel Creek	1940	1,300	Good