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County Route 3 over Sinking Creek

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

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

County Route 3 over Sinking Creek in Gilmer 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 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 108 inventoried bridges in Gilmer County rated poor (13.0%); 14 (13.0%) 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 28 ft
Location	0.05 Mi S of Co 3/5
NBI structure number	00000000011A006
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 S over Co 36	1972	15,200	Fair
I-79 N over Co 36	1972	13,100	Fair
Wv 5 over Stewart Creek	1985	6,522	Fair
US 33 over Little Kanawha River	1929	6,200	Poor
Wv 5 over Lynch Run	1926	3,900	Fair
Wv 5 over Sand Fork	1987	3,900	Fair