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I 79 NB on Ramp over Dents Run

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

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

I 79 NB on Ramp over Dents Run in Monongalia 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 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 39 of the 203 inventoried bridges in Monongalia County rated poor (19.2%); 39 (19.2%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 237 ft
Location	0.02 Mi North US Rt 19
NBI structure number	00000000031A049
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 79 over Monongalia Co 45/9	1969	47,600	Good
Interstate 68 over Booths Creek	1970	39,800	Good
Interstate 79 over Monongahela River	1971	38,200	Fair
I-79 & Mon Co 46/3 over Mine Track Bed	1969	36,000	Good
Interstate 68 over Cobun Creek	1971	33,800	Fair
Interstate 79 over Mon. Co. Rt. 73	1970	32,800	Fair