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County Route 9 over Laurel Creek

Webster County, West Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Route 9 over Laurel Creek in Webster County, West Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 49 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Webster County rated fair (59.8%); 10 (12.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 63 ft
Location	0.03 Mi N of Co 28
NBI structure number	00000000051A020
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Wv 20 over Old CSX Railroad Grade	1991	4,700	Fair
Wv Route 20 F over Coon Creek	1921	3,700	Fair
Wv 20 over Elk River	2020	2,557	Good
Wv 20 over Elk River	1932	2,100	Fair
County Route 9 over Laurel Creek	1997	1,700	Good
Wv 20 over Back Fork Elk River	1995	1,400	Good