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I-70 EB & WB over Ohio River/City Streets

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

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

I-70 EB & WB over Ohio River/City Streets in Ohio 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 66 of the 114 inventoried bridges in Ohio County rated fair (57.9%); 26 (22.8%) 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 girder and floorbeam
Length	about 2,409 ft
Location	0.35 mi. West jct US 40
NBI structure number	00000000035A059
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 470 over Ohio River	1978	40,868	Fair
Interstate 470 over Ohio River & US 250	1978	40,868	Fair
Interstate 70 over Wv Route 2	1963	34,700	Fair
Interstate 70 over Ohio River & N Front St	1955	29,400	Fair
Interstate 70 WB over Mt. deChantal Road	1958	28,200	Good
Interstate 70 EB over Wheeling Creek & City St	1966	28,082	Poor