CR 7/1 over Buffalo Creek

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

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

• CR 7/1 over Buffalo Creek in Wayne 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 1945, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 22 of the 162 inventoried bridges in Wayne County rated poor (13.6%); 22 (13.6%) 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.

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

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