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County Route 21 over South Fork Hughes River

Ritchie County, West Virginia · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Route 21 over South Fork Hughes River in Ritchie County, West Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 42 of the 127 inventoried bridges in Ritchie County rated good (33.1%); 34 (26.8%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 235 ft
Location	0.06 Mile South of Wv 47
NBI structure number	00000000043A071
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 Ebl & Wbl over Bunnel Run	1969	10,800	Fair
US 50 Ebl & Wbl over Marietta Run	1969	8,200	Good
US 50 Ebl over North Fk.hughes Rv.	1969	6,400	Fair
US 50 Wbl over North Fk.hughes River	1969	6,400	Fair
West Virginia 16 over Hushers Run	1993	5,000	Good
US 50 Ebl over Bonds Creek	1970	4,950	Good