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West Virginia 5 over Little Kanawha River

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

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

West Virginia 5 over Little Kanawha River in Wirt 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 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 42 inventoried bridges in Wirt County rated fair (40.5%); 9 (21.4%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 539 ft
Location	0.14 Mile East of Wv 53
NBI structure number	00000000053A059
Condition class	Fair

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 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
West Virginia 47 over Goose Creek	2006	950	Good