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Wv 39 over North Fork Cherry River

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

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

Wv 39 over North Fork Cherry River in Nicholas 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938 and reconstructed in 1987, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 57 of the 96 inventoried bridges in Nicholas County rated fair (59.4%); 15 (15.6%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 175 ft
Location	0.93 Miles E. of CR 76
NBI structure number	00000000034A065
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 19 Sbl over Summersville Lake	1963	15,600	Fair
US 19 over Trout Run	1972	11,644	Fair
US 19 over Mill Creek	1970	11,216	Fair
US 19 over Enoch Branch	1972	10,900	Fair
US 19 Nbl & Sbl over Mill Creek	1969	9,500	Fair
US 19 Nbl over Summersville Lake	1994	7,150	Fair