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US Route 50 over West Fork River

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

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

US Route 50 over West Fork River in Harrison 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 deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1958 and reconstructed in 1992, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 36,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 112 of the 256 inventoried bridges in Harrison County rated fair (43.8%); 64 (25.0%) 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 girder and floorbeam
Length	about 392 ft
Location	0.68 Mi East US Route 19
NBI structure number	00000000017A195
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 79 over Hrr Co 50/16 50/25 & RR	2004	57,700	Good
US Route 50 over Elk Creek City Streets	1955	47,600	Fair
Interstate 79 over Simpson Creek/private dr	2004	40,600	Good
I-79 NB and SB over Harr. Co. Rt. 20/17	1970	33,700	Good
US Route 50 over Wv 20 & Wv 20 Conn.	1977	31,100	Fair
US Route 50 WB over Salem Fork Pvt Dr Trai	1981	28,798	Poor