Structure 1A048 · Barbour County, WV

County Route 36 over Buckhannon River

Carries County Route 36 over Buckhannon River, 0.01 Mi S Co 11/3.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Substructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT152 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

152 ft end to end: about 2 semi-trucks nose to tail. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a box-beam bridge.

Built1856rebuilt 2003
Length152.2 ft46.4 m
Daily traffic250counted 2018
Last inspectedSeptember 2024every 24 months

Location

StateWest Virginia
CountyBarbour
Location0.01 Mi S Co 11/3
CarriesCounty Route 36
CrossesBuckhannon River
Coordinates39.09019, -80.08656

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length152.2 ft (46.4 m)
Max Span48.2 ft (14.7 m)
Deck Width12.1 ft (3.7 m)
Deck Area171.7 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1856 (reconstructed 2003)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic250 (2018)
Truck Traffic8%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number00000000001A048

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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