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CR 7/17 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 7/17 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 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 43 ft
Location	0.03 Mile West of CR 7
NBI structure number	00000000050A118
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 64 Wbl over County Route 5/1	2005	21,800	Fair
Interstate 64 over Edgewood Drive	2005	21,800	Fair
I64 Ebl over CR 3&5 12 Pole Nsrr	2011	21,800	Good
I64 Wbl over CR 3&5 12 Pole Nsrr	2010	21,800	Fair
I64 WB over County Route 2	2021	21,800	Good
I 64 EB over County Route 7	1993	18,900	Good