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Wv 55 over Big Beaver Creek

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

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

Wv 55 over Big Beaver Creek in Nicholas County, West Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2004, making it 21 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,193 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 24 of the 96 inventoried bridges in Nicholas County rated good (25.0%); 15 (15.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 53 ft
Location	0.13 Miles W. of CR 3
NBI structure number	00000000034A125
Condition class	Good

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