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County Route 26/4 over Leatherwood Creek

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

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

County Route 26/4 over Leatherwood Creek in Webster 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 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Webster County rated poor (12.2%); 10 (12.2%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 45 ft
Location	1.14 Mi S of Co 26 Sls
NBI structure number	00000000051A079
Condition class	Poor

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