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County Route 51 over Straight Creek

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

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

County Route 51 over Straight Creek in Wirt 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 42 inventoried bridges in Wirt County rated poor (21.4%); 9 (21.4%) 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 29 ft
Location	0.02 Mile South of CR 3
NBI structure number	00000000053A038
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
County Route 6 over Hughes River	1948	3,900	Fair
Wv. Rte. 14 over Tucker Creek	1949	3,500	Poor
West Virginia 5 over Little Kanawha River	2001	3,100	Fair
West Virginia 14 over Lee Creek	1989	3,000	Good
Wv. Route 53 over Standingstone Creek	1990	1,400	Fair
West Virginia 14 over Right Fork Reedy Creek	2013	1,100	Good