SHERROW AVENUE
Carrying SHERROW AVENUE over Tripps Run
0.2 Mi. N. of So.VA Ave., Falls Church city, Virginia
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
SHERROW AVENUE in Falls Church city, Virginia sits above 1% of rated Virginia bridges on inventory load rating (9 t), while its 1980 build year is earlier than 60% of Falls Church city's recorded-year cohort (5 bridges).
SHERROW AVENUE in Falls Church city, Virginia is rated Poor in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1980, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 4. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Poor 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:000000000030146
LATE-CENTURY · STEEL · LONG-SPAN-RUN · CULVERT-LED · ARTERIAL-ADT · LIGHT-LOAD · CAT-POOR
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- STEEL Steel
- LONG-SPAN-RUN 4 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial ADT
- LIGHT-LOAD Light load
- CAT-POOR Poor
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: SHERROW AVENUE
The SHERROW AVENUE bridge in Falls Church city, Virginia carries SHERROW AVENUE over Tripps Run. It was built in 1980, making it 46 years old today. The structure is built primarily of steel and spans 4 sections, stretching 11.0 meters (36 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 1,000 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Virginia bridges. It is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in poor condition (see the full component ratings below). Because at least one major component scores 4 or lower, this bridge falls in FHWA's Poor condition category. That category is not a closure order.
How SHERROW AVENUE compares
Age against the county: built in 1980, earlier than 3 of Falls Church city's 5 bridges with a recorded construction year (60%), against a county median build year of 1990. 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).
SHERROW AVENUE vs every rated Virginia bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
9 Top 99% higher than 1% 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.
Falls Church city inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 5 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
- 1980
- Material
- Steel
- Number of Spans
- 4
- Structure Length
- 11.0 m (36 ft)
- Deck Width
- 12.3 m (40 ft)
- Owner
- City/Municipal Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 1,000 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000000030146
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
SHERROW AVENUE is in the federal Poor condition category. That is a component-based result, not a closure order.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Understand what Poor condition does and does not mean before drawing conclusions. Poor condition explained
- Compare SHERROW AVENUE against other structures in Falls Church city 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 SHERROW AVENUE?
SHERROW AVENUE in Falls Church city, Virginia on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is SHERROW AVENUE inspected?
SHERROW AVENUE'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 1,000 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. SHERROW AVENUE is currently shown as Poor condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for SHERROW AVENUE?
SHERROW AVENUE has an NBI inventory load rating of 9.1 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining SHERROW AVENUE?
SHERROW AVENUE is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
How old is SHERROW AVENUE and does age affect safety?
SHERROW AVENUE was built in 1980, making it 46 years old.
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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.