Bridge conditions in Wood County, West Virginia

181 inventoried bridges · 40 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

About one in 5 bridges in Wood County is rated in poor condition: 40 of 181 on the federal inventory, one of the higher shares in West Virginia.

40 of the 181 bridges in Wood County, West Virginia, are rated in poor condition (22.1%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
77 bridges (42.5%) are rated good and 64 (35.4%) fair.
The median Wood County bridge was built in 1989.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is I-77 Nbl over US 50 (built 1963), carrying about 19,400 vehicles a day.

Good 42.5% · Fair 35.4% · Poor 22.1% of 181 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-77 Nbl over US 50	1963	19,400	Poor
West Virginia 14 over Little Kanawha River	1935	19,300	Poor
I-77 Sbl over US 50	1963	11,900	Poor
West Virginia 68 over 2nd Street	1971	11,300	Poor
I-77 Nbl over Worthington Crk & CR 16	1966	9,500	Poor
I-77 Sbl over Worthington Crk & CR 16	1966	9,500	Poor
West Virginia 14 over Big Run	1953	7,700	Poor
West Virginia 68 over US 50	1971	7,400	Poor
West Virginia 68S over 2nd Street	1971	6,000	Poor
CR. 21 over Little Tygart Creek	1928	3,900	Poor
I-77 Sbl over CR 21/24	1968	3,850	Poor
West Virginia 47 over CR 47/17 and Walker Ck.	1938	2,800	Poor
County Route 50/2 over Worthington Creek	1990	1,900	Poor
County Route 21 over Tygart Creek	1922	1,800	Poor
Wv 68 over Pond Creek	1950	1,200	Poor
County Route 13 over Woodyards Run	1979	850	Poor
27TH Street-vienna over Pond Run	1950	850	Poor
County Route 13 over Badgley Fk of Tygart Crk	1990	800	Poor
CR 50/5 over Gillespie Run	1976	800	Poor
CR 9/3 over Neal Run	1964	500	Poor
17TH St-vienna over Pond Run	1979	500	Poor
County Route 21/29 over Branch of Tygart Creek	1950	350	Poor
County Route 25 over Short Run	1960	350	Poor
County Route 7 over Walker Creek	1955	300	Poor
CR 26/2 over Left Fork Stillwell Ck	1945	300	Poor
County Route 17 over South Fork Lee Creek	1991	200	Poor
County Route 40/5 over Sams Creek	1956	200	Poor
County Route 47/1 over Dry Run	1950	150	Poor
County Route 47/17 over Walker Creek	1977	150	Poor
County Route 16/5 over Gillespie Run	1924	100	Poor
County Route 26 over Left Fork Stillwell Ck	1927	90	Poor
CR 50/36 over Stillwell Creek	1971	50	Poor
County Route 11/5 over North Fork Lee Creek	1960	20	Poor
County Route 17/5 over South Fork of Lee Creek	1909	20	Poor
Co Rt 28/2 over Walker Creek	1959	20	Poor
County Route 47/42 over Negro Run	1924	20	Poor
County Route 13/6 over Green Valley Run	1968	10	Poor
County Road 17/4 over South Fk. of Lee Creek	1924	10	Poor
CR 19/3 over Shelving Rock Run	1977	10	Poor
County Route 25/8 over Pond Creek	1905	10	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Wv 14 over Branch of Pond Run	1945	37,900	Fair
Wv 14 over Pond Run	1945	37,900	Good
I-77 North & South over WV 95 Camden Avenue	2011	24,500	Good
I-77 Nbl & Sbl over Big Run	1965	20,200	Fair
I-77 Nbl over US 50	1963	19,400	Poor
West Virginia 14 over Little Kanawha River	1935	19,300	Poor
I-77 over Ohio River CR 1 & CSX	1965	18,913	Fair
Wv 618 over Ohio River WV 14 & CSX	1980	15,700	Fair
I-77 Nbl & Sbl over Tygart Creek	1968	15,400	Fair
I-77 Nbl &sbl over Big Run	1965	15,300	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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