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CR 44 over Bills Creek

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

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

CR 44 over Bills Creek in Putnam 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 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 20 of the 135 inventoried bridges in Putnam County rated poor (14.8%); 20 (14.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 27 ft
Location	0.92 Mi N of CR 42
NBI structure number	00000000040A099
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-64 Eb&wb Ramps over Armour Creek	1962	103,900	Fair
I-64 WB & EB over CR 33/5 McCloud Rd.	2024	99,000	Good
I-64 WB & EB over WV25 CR25/30 N&S RR	2023	88,000	Good
I64 E&w Ramps B&d over Poplar Fork	1960	80,480	Fair
I-64 over WV817 anawha RV CSX RR	2022	58,698	Good
I-64 over WV817 Kanawha RV CSX RR	2024	58,698	Fair