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Taylor Co Rt 38 over Shelby Run

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

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

Taylor Co Rt 38 over Shelby Run in Taylor 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 65 inventoried bridges in Taylor County rated poor (9.2%); 6 (9.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 33 ft
Location	0.58 Mi South CR 250/12
NBI structure number	00000000046A034
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Route 50 over Tygart Valley River CSX	2001	9,800	Good
US Route 50 over Otter Creek	1958	6,900	Good
US Route 50 over Otter Creek	1958	6,900	Fair
US Route 50 over Otter Creek	1958	6,900	Fair
US Route 50 over Three Fork Ck. CSX RR	1978	4,400	Good
US 119 over Tygart Val Riv & CSX RR	2005	4,000	Fair