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Preston Co 73/12 over I-68

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

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

Preston Co 73/12 over I-68 in Preston 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 350 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 40 of the 182 inventoried bridges in Preston County rated poor (22.0%); 40 (22.0%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 231 ft
Location	0.05 Mi South Co Rt 73/73
NBI structure number	00000000039A100
Condition class	Poor

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