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County Route 7/5 over Riffe Branch

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

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

County Route 7/5 over Riffe Branch in Mingo 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 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 20 of the 165 inventoried bridges in Mingo County rated poor (12.1%); 20 (12.1%) 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 29 ft
Location	0.94 Miles West of US 119
NBI structure number	00000000030A257
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 119 over N&S Railroad Tug Fork	1981	9,672	Fair
US 52 over Tug Fork Co 15 Nsrr	1996	8,500	Fair
US 52 over Tug Fork Co 15 Nsrr	1996	8,500	Fair
US 52 over KY Rt. 292 and Tug Fork	1996	8,400	Fair
US 52 over Tug Fork	1997	8,400	Fair
US 52 over NS Railroad and Co 52/60	1995	7,200	Fair