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Md 38 over N. Branch Potomac River

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

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

Md 38 over N. Branch Potomac River in Mineral 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 substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954 and reconstructed in 1993, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 971 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 38 of the 63 inventoried bridges in Mineral County rated fair (60.3%); 5 (7.9%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 303 ft
Location	On West Virginia Line
NBI structure number	00000000029A086
Condition class	Fair

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
MD 61 (Canal Pkwy) over N. Branch Potomac River	1992	11,501	Good
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