Ha 902/59 over Winding Gulf

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

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

• Ha 902/59 over Winding Gulf in Raleigh 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 superstructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 56 of the 226 inventoried bridges in Raleigh County rated poor (24.8%); 56 (24.8%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• It does not appear under this structure number in the 2024 inventory (a new or renumbered structure).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated November 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• 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.

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

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