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Interstate 79 NB over US 19 Branch of Dunkard

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

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

Interstate 79 NB over US 19 Branch of Dunkard 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,350 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 331 ft
Location	5.13 Mi North Co Rt 19/24
NBI structure number	00000000031A225
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