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Wv Route 26 over Interstate 68

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

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

Wv Route 26 over Interstate 68 in Preston 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 81 of the 182 inventoried bridges in Preston County rated fair (44.5%); 40 (22.0%) 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 230 ft
Location	0.13 Mi South Co Rt 73/73
NBI structure number	00000000039A056
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 68 over Pre. Co. Rt. 73/16	1972	16,200	Fair
Interstate 68 over Little Sandy Creek	1973	10,400	Fair
Wv Route 7 over Cheat River 7/26 72/10	1978	8,900	Fair
Wv Route 7 over Dillan Creek	1920	8,200	Fair
Interstate 68 over Big Sandy Creek	1971	8,100	Fair
Interstate 68 over Big Sandy Creek	1971	8,100	Fair