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CR 17 over Little Kanawha River

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

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

CR 17 over Little Kanawha River in Gilmer 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 deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2011, making it 14 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 24 of the 108 inventoried bridges in Gilmer County rated good (22.2%); 14 (13.0%) 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 232 ft
Location	0.01 Mi S Wv 5
NBI structure number	00000000011A142
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 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