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MD 61 (Canal Pkwy) over N. Branch Potomac River

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

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

MD 61 (Canal Pkwy) over N. Branch Potomac River in Mineral 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 1992, making it 33 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,501 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 20 of the 63 inventoried bridges in Mineral County rated good (31.7%); 5 (7.9%) 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 436 ft
Location	On West Virginia Line
NBI structure number	00000000029A085
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 220 (t) over WV 46 CSX RR Potomac R	2012	13,600	Fair
US 220 T over Block Run	2000	10,500	Good
Md 942 over N. Branch Potomac River	1953	7,242	Fair
Md 956 over Potomac River	1967	7,150	Fair
Wv 28 T over Patterson Creek	1988	6,800	Fair
US 220 T over New Creek	1977	5,000	Good