Interstate 70 WB over Wheeling Creek/WB Ramps

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

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

• Interstate 70 WB over Wheeling Creek/WB Ramps 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1965 and reconstructed in 1988, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 14,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• 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.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: superstructure 5 to 7, substructure 5 to 7.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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