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County Route 39/23 over Little Laurel Creek

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

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

County Route 39/23 over Little Laurel Creek in Nicholas 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 96 inventoried bridges in Nicholas County rated poor (15.6%); 15 (15.6%) 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

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