Home › West Virginia › Kanawha County › I-79 NB over CR 45 & Little Sandy Ck

I-79 NB over CR 45 & Little Sandy Ck

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

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

I-79 NB over CR 45 & Little Sandy Ck in Kanawha 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 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 13,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 381 of the 555 inventoried bridges in Kanawha County rated fair (68.6%); 69 (12.4%) 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 419 ft
Location	1.20 Mi S of CR 43
NBI structure number	00000000020A504
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-77 over Stadium Place	1975	133,500	Fair
I-64 over CR 25/25 10TH St.dunbar	1966	126,400	Fair
I-64 over Central Avenue	1973	122,200	Fair
I- 64 EB & WB over Westmoreland Drive	1970	117,900	Fair
I-64 Wbl & Ebl over CR 61/12	1974	111,400	Fair
I-64 Ebl & Wbl. over CR25/18	1966	110,100	Fair