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US 460 WB over NS Railway

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

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

US 460 WB over NS Railway in Mercer 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 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 14,800 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 127 of the 175 inventoried bridges in Mercer County rated fair (72.6%); 44 (25.1%) 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 169 ft
Location	0.21 Mi. E. of CR 27
NBI structure number	00000000028A168
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 NB over Brush Creek	1979	40,127	Fair
I-77 SB over Routes 19 and 21	1977	30,659	Fair
I-77 NB over Routes 19 and 21	1977	29,826	Fair
I-77 S over Bluestone Rvr & Co. Rt 3	1954	28,562	Fair
I-77 NB over Mercer Co. Route 7	1977	28,500	Fair
I-77 NB over Mercer County Route 3	1977	28,453	Fair