High Street
Carrying High Street over Little Buffalo Creek
0.30 WCL Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
High Street in Prince Edward, Virginia sits above 38% of rated Virginia bridges on inventory load rating (38 t), while its 1968 build year is earlier than 70% of Prince Edward's recorded-year cohort (82 bridges).
High Street in Prince Edward, Virginia is rated Fair in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1968, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 6. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Fair result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure VA:000000000022433
INTERSTATE-ERA · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · ARTERIAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-FAIR
- INTERSTATE-ERA 1950–1979
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial ADT
- STANDARD-LOAD Standard load
- CAT-FAIR Fair
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Bridge Snapshot: High Street
The High Street bridge in Prince Edward, Virginia carries High Street over Little Buffalo Creek. It was built in 1968, making it 58 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 9.8 meters (32 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 1,997 vehicles, placing it in the moderately-trafficked tier of Virginia bridges. It is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection records show culvert at 6/9. The weakest component sits in fair condition. No reported major component scores in the Poor range under the current federal condition thresholds.
How High Street compares
Age against the county: built in 1968, earlier than 57 of Prince Edward's 82 bridges with a recorded construction year (70%), against a county median build year of 1976. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across Virginia bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (14,112 of 14,120 rated).
High Street vs every rated Virginia bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
38 Top 62% higher than 38% of 14,112 bridges
rated Virginia bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
Prince Edward inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 82 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 1968
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 9.8 m (32 ft) 0
- Owner
- Town/Township Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 1,997 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000000022433
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
This page shows what the last federal inspection recorded, not whether High Street is safe to cross today. Here is how to use it.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Learn how the 0–9 condition scale and Good/Fair/Poor categories are defined. How condition ratings work
- Compare High Street against other structures in Prince Edward and across Virginia. Virginia bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for High Street?
High Street in Prince Edward, Virginia on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is High Street inspected?
High Street's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 1,997 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. High Street is currently shown as Fair condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for High Street?
High Street has an NBI inventory load rating of 38.1 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining High Street?
High Street is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
How old is High Street and does age affect safety?
High Street was built in 1968, making it 58 years old.
Disclaimer: Bridge condition data is from the FHWA NBI and reflects the last reported inspection. A Poor condition rating is not a live declaration that a bridge is closed or unsafe for travel. For current closure, posting, or safety information, contact the responsible transportation agency.
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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Component ratings, ADT, and condition category on this page are copied from the NBI record for this structure; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.