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Augusta County, VA

357 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.7% rated Good, 62.5% Fair, 2.8% Poor.

357
Public bridges: 34.7%
Good condition: 2.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Augusta County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 45%
lowest Poor share in state: 2.8%
Poor-condition share: 357
public highway bridges: 1969
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.

Augusta County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Augusta County ranks #58 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.8%). Augusta County, Virginia contains 357 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.7% are rated “Good,” 62.5% “Fair,” and 2.8% “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

357

Public highway bridges in Augusta County

Good condition

34.7%

124 of 357 rated 7-9

Fair condition

62.5%

223 of 357 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.8%

10 of 357 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#58 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 357 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

34.7% (124)

Fair

62.5% (223)

Poor

2.8% (10)

Augusta County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,805 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,181 crossings a day against 2,105 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 357 of 357 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

62.5% of Augusta County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

223 of the 357 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 34.7% 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 38.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PARKERSBURG TRNPK over EDISON CREEK, built 1926, carries 4,590 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 11,805 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

4
1910s

3
1920s

9
1930s

48
1940s

28
1950s

18
1960s

86
1970s

39
1980s

33
1990s

36
2000s

34
2010s

17
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 86 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 5 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Augusta County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 9 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Augusta County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Augusta County (this page)	357	34.7%	62.5%	2.8%	1969
Henrico County	352	15.6%	80.1%	4.3%	1978
Chesterfield County	322	20.8%	76.7%	2.5%	1984
Prince William County	303	54.5%	44.2%	1.3%	1989
Rockingham County	288	53.1%	43.8%	3.1%	1972
Buchanan County	283	12%	83.4%	4.6%	1967

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 Augusta 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 Augusta County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (357 bridges here).

Mendocino County, CA · 357 bridges
Fayette County, IL · 357 bridges
Hancock County, OH · 357 bridges
Preble County, OH · 357 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1969 here).

Cook County, IL · avg 1969 · 1,721 bridges
Fresno County, CA · avg 1969 · 916 bridges
Cuyahoga County, OH · avg 1969 · 871 bridges
Ventura County, CA · avg 1969 · 501 bridges

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

All 357 Good 124 Fair 223 Poor 10

Good-condition bridges (124)

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Augusta County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Augusta County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,805 vehicle crossings a day

62.5% of Augusta County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 38.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (124)

SCENIC HWY

CALF MOUNTAIN RD

SWARTZEL SHOP RD

GUTHRIE RD

BRIAR CREEK CIRCLE

MIDDLEBROOK AVE

BARTERBROOK RD

SPRINGHILL RD

DRAFT AVENUE

INDIAN MOUND RD

IRON WORKS RD

DICES SPRING RD

WOLF RIDGE RD

OAK HILL SCHOOL RD

UNION CHURCH RD

GRAND CAVERNS RD

CHURCH STREET

CHRISTIANS CREEKRD

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

HEWITT RD

HOWARDSVILLE TRNPK

ROUTE 262 WBL

FOREST ROAD

PARKERSBURG TRNPIK

FREEMASON RD

BASHAW ROAD

CHURCHVILLE AVE

ROUTE 262 BYPASS

HANKEY MTN HWY

L CALFPASTURE HWY

LIMESTONE RD

ROUTE 262 BYPASS

SANGERS LANE

HANGERS MILL RD

ROUTE 262 WBL

ROUTE 262 BYPASS

WALKERS CREEK RD

LIFECORE DRIVE

TINKLING SPRING RD

CATTLEMAN RD

LEE-JACKSON HWY

LEBANON CHURCH RD

SCENIC HWY

MADRID RD

HANKEY MTN HWY

STOVER SHOP RD

COFFMAN RD

HANKEY MTN HWY

OLD PARKERSBURG TK

DUPONT BOULEVARD

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