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Appomattox County, VA

68 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.6% rated Good, 52.9% Fair, 1.5% Poor.

68
Public bridges
45.6%
Good condition
1.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Appomattox County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 31%
lowest Poor share in state
1.5%
Poor-condition share
68
public highway bridges
1975
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Appomattox County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Appomattox County ranks #40 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.5%). Appomattox County, Virginia contains 68 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.6% are rated “Good,” 52.9% “Fair,” and 1.5% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

68

Public highway bridges in Appomattox County

Good condition

45.6%

31 of 68 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.9%

36 of 68 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.5%

1 of 68 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#40 of 129

Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 68 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
45.6% (31)
Fair
52.9% (36)
Poor
1.5% (1)

Appomattox County's Poor-condition bridges carry 305 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 305 crossings a day against 869 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 68 of 68 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

51.5% of Appomattox County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

35 of the 68 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 45.6% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Spring Grove Road over Buck Creek, built 1950, carries 305 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 305 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Appomattox County's bridges were built

68 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Virginia average (1974).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Appomattox County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Appomattox County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.5% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1968 is 7 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Appomattox County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Dickenson County 76 1.3%
Bath County 73 6.8%
Buckingham County 72 2.8%
Orange County 71 2.8%
Appomattox County (this page) 68 1.5%
Nottoway County 67 4.5%

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Appomattox County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Appomattox County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (68 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1975 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 68 Good 31 Fair 36 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (31)

Old Courthouse Rd.

Good

Over: 460 Bypass

0.55-Rt.460 /0.22 Rt 656, Appomattox, VA

Built 1993 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 4,598

Oakville Road

Good

Over: Rt 460 Bypass

0.16-Rt.24/0.27-Rt.677, Appomattox, VA

Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15,842

Mill Pond Rd.

Good

Over: Wreck Island Creek

1.10-Rt 608 / 0.30-Rt 611, Appomattox, VA

Built 1997 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 41

Hixburg Road

Good

Over: Crane Creek

0.95-Rt 600/0.05-Pr Ed Co, Appomattox, VA

Built 1999 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 106

Anderson Hwy.

Good

Over: Stevens Run

0.0-BuckCo./ 0.0-AppomCo., Appomattox, VA

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,020

Wheeler Spring Rd.

Good

Over: Big Cub Creek

0.60-Rt.630 / 0.80-Rt.663, Appomattox, VA

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

County Line Road

Good

Over: Little Falling River

0.10-Rt 644 / 2.00-Rt 603, Appomattox, VA

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 136

Watt Abbitt Rd.

Good

Over: David Creek

1.35-Rt.24 / 1.05-Rt.736, Appomattox, VA

Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 546

Chilton Road

Good

Over: Falling River

2.00 to 679 / 1.10 to 643, Appomattox, VA

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 162

Forbes Road

Good

Over: Fish Pond Creek

0.60-Rt.651 / 1.00-Rt.626, Appomattox, VA

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

Little Cub Road

Good

Over: Little Cub Creek

1.95-Rt.628 / 0.65-Rt.630, Appomattox, VA

Built 2001 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 141

John Anderson Hwy.

Good

Over: David Creek

1.38-Buck CL/2.74-RT. 26, Appomattox, VA

Built 2007 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,020

River Ridge Road

Good

Over: S.Fork Appomattox Rv.

0.15-Rt.616/0.95-Rt.632, Appomattox, VA

Built 2012 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 211

Rock Spring Road

Good

Over: Big Cub Creek

1.60-Rt.630/1.40-Rt.637, Appomattox, VA

Built 2010 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

Cedar Bend Road

Good

Over: Big Cub Creek

1.40-Rt.644/1.60-Rt.700, Appomattox, VA

Built 2014 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 51

Cub Creek Road

Good

Over: Fork Cub Creek

0.30-Rt.675/1.60-Rt.636, Appomattox, VA

Built 1940 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 62

North Creek Road

Good

Over: North Creek

0.80-Rt.661/1.20-Rt.26, Appomattox, VA

Built 1932 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 181

Swan Road

Good

Over: Crane Creek

0.68-Rt.627/4.00-Rt.460, Appomattox, VA

Built 1935 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 55

Falling Creek Road

Good

Over: Little Wreck Island Cr.

1.30-Rt.673/0.40-Rt.608, Appomattox, VA

Built 2015 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 93

Hancock Road

Good

Over: Steele Fork

0.37 to 649 - 2.53 to 735, Appomattox, VA

Built 2017 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 51

James River Road

Good

Over: Wreck Island Creek

1.22-Rt 683 / 0.34-Rt 740, Appomattox, VA

Built 1980 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 48

Old Grist Mill Rd.

Good

Over: Appomattox River

0.90-Rt.614/0.20-Rt.627, Appomattox, VA

Built 2013 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 84

Narrow Passage Rd.

Good

Over: Falling River

1.5 Rt. 648 / 1.4 Rt. 606, Appomattox, VA

Built 1979 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 69

Bent Creek Rd.

Good

Over: Rattlesnake Creek

0.25-Rt.646 / 2.05-Rt.649, Appomattox, VA

Built 1999 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 154

Rocks Church Road

Good

Over: Suanee Creek

0.75-Rt 633 / 0.45-Rt 620, Appomattox, VA

Built 2008 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 55

Oakleigh Ave.

Good

Over: Rt 460 Bypass

0.15-Rt.662/0.09-Rt.1010, Appomattox, VA

Built 1993 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 468

Beeks Lane

Good

Over: Reedy Creek

0.90-Rt.648 / 1.10-Rt.606, Appomattox, VA

Built 2003 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 133

Salem Road

Good

Over: Falling River

0.26-Rt 728 / 3.20-Rt 691, Appomattox, VA

Built 1969 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 850

Coleman Mt. Road

Good

Over: Fishpond Creek

0.60-Rt.626/1.90-Rt.618, Appomattox, VA

Built 1940 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 77

Lime Plant Road

Good

Over: Wreck Island Creek

0.40-Rt.690 / 1.20-Rt.611, Appomattox, VA

Built 2001 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 397

Country Club Rd.

Good

Over: Falling River

1.40-Rt.719 / 0.52-Rt.738, Appomattox, VA

Built 1991 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 141

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