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County Road 15/5 over Oldtown Creek

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

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

County Road 15/5 over Oldtown Creek in Mason 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 137 inventoried bridges in Mason County rated poor (15.3%); 21 (15.3%) 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 40 ft
Location	0.87 Mi. E. of CR 5/15
NBI structure number	00000000027A025
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 35 over Ohio River	1969	24,200	Fair
US 35 over CR 25 CSX Railroad	1997	20,700	Fair
Wv 2 over Kanawha River & 1ST St	1999	14,254	Good
US 35 over Wv 02	1970	13,800	Fair
WV Route 62 over Crooked Creek	2011	13,700	Good
US 35 NB over Lower Fivemile Creek	2010	13,500	Fair