Total bridges
202
Public highway bridges in Botetourt County
County profile · official public datasets
Botetourt County, VA
202 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 29.2% rated Good, 70.8% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 202
- Public bridges
- 29.2%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Botetourt County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 2%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 202
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- 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.
Botetourt County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Botetourt County ranks #2 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Botetourt County, Virginia contains 202 public highway bridges. Roughly 29.2% are rated “Good,” 70.8% “Fair,” and 0% “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.
Good condition
29.2%
59 of 202 rated 7-9
Fair condition
70.8%
143 of 202 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 202 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#2 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 202 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 29.2% (59)
Fair 70.8% (143)
Poor 0% (0)
65.3% of Botetourt County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
132 of the 202 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 29.2% 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.
When Botetourt County's bridges were built
202 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 2
Built before 1900
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 25
1930–1939
25 bridges
- 1940s 11
1940–1949
11 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
70 bridges
- 1970s 24
1970–1979
24 bridges
- 1980s 24
1980–1989
24 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s 5
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s 13
2010–2019
13 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 70 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 34.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 6 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.
How Botetourt County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Botetourt County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford County | 204 | 52% | 45.1% | 2.9% | 1967 |
| Roanoke County | 204 | 37.7% | 62.3% | 0% | 1969 |
| Tazewell County | 204 | 21.6% | 74% | 4.4% | 1970 |
| Botetourt County (this page) | 202 | 29.2% | 70.8% | 0% | 1968 |
| Norfolk city County | 199 | 15.6% | 84.4% | 0% | 1979 |
| Alleghany County | 197 | 27.9% | 68% | 4.1% | 1966 |
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 Botetourt 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 Botetourt County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside VA (202 bridges here).
- Elmore County, AL · 202 bridges
- Clark County, AR · 202 bridges
- St. Francis County, AR · 202 bridges
- Floyd County, GA · 202 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (143)
81 SBL
FairOver: James River
2.93 Rt 11; 2.65 Rt 11, Botetourt, VA
Built 1962 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 19,785
NBL ROUTE 0081
FairOver: JAMES RIVER
02.93 RT 11; 2.65 RT 11, Botetourt, VA
Built 1962 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20,216
81 SBL
FairOver: Looney Mill Creek
2.46 Rt 11N; 0.17 Rt 11S, Botetourt, VA
Built 1963 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20,059
NBL ROUTE 0081
FairOver: RTE 640
6.13 RT 220; 5.87 RT 11, Botetourt, VA
Built 1964 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20,975
SBL ROUTE 0081
FairOver: RTE 640
6.13- 220; 0.55- 650, Botetourt, VA
Built 1964 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20,875
BotetourtRd/220 N
FairOver: MILL CREEK
7.93 ALLEGCO;2.20 RT 43, Botetourt, VA
Built 1980 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,962
Botetourt Rd220NBL
FairOver: Catawba Creek
1.31 FCASTLE; 0.14 RT 655, Botetourt, VA
Built 1979 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,331
Timber Ridge / 635
FairOver: Catawba Creek
0.90-220; 0.02-RT 730, Botetourt, VA
Built 1979 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 536
81 NBL
FairOver: Tinker Creek & NS Rwy
2.32 Rke Co; 0.79 Rt 220, Botetourt, VA
Built 1963 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 29,404
Plank Road 610
FairOver: Rtes. 11 & 81
0.05 Rt F055; 0.30 RKBG C, Botetourt, VA
Built 1963 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 156
Botetourt Rd/220N
FairOver: SINKING CREEK
7.66 ALLEG;2.29 RT 43, Botetourt, VA
Built 1981 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 3,962
Blue Rdg Trnpk 606
FairOver: Mill Creek
0.30-Rte11; 1.30-Rte640, Botetourt, VA
Built 1979 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 595
Lithia Road / 640
FairOver: Ellis Run
0.05-Rte643;1.55-Rte646, Botetourt, VA
Built 1961 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 383
Cortland Road/1464
FairOver: Cook Creek
0.02-220Alt; 0.03-Roa Co, Botetourt, VA
Built 1998 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 1,522
Reynolds Rd./798
FairOver: Mill Creek
0.55-Rte640; 0.05-Rte11, Botetourt, VA
Built 1969 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 132
Hardbarger Rd./636
FairOver: Mill Creek
1.40-Rte640; 0.05-Rte11, Botetourt, VA
Built 1974 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 551
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
FairOver: VA ROUTE 657
1.0 MILES TO U.S. ROUTE 4, Botetourt, VA
Built 1946 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 474
JenningsCrkRd./614
FairOver: Jennings Creek
1.80-Rte622; 0.30-Rte618, Botetourt, VA
Built 1983 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 210
Sanderson Drive605
FairOver: Branch of Tinker Creek
0.10-Rte654; 0.40-Rte1009, Botetourt, VA
Built 1994 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 5,629
Cloverdale Rd/220A
FairOver: Cook Creek
.20-Rte1420; .50-Rte654, Botetourt, VA
Built 1995 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 17,643
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
FairOver: GLADE CR NS RR VA 738
1.7 MILES TO U.S. ROUTE 4, Botetourt, VA
Built 1963 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 4,188
GilmersMill Rd 608
FairOver: Roaring Run
0.10 Rt 622; 1.10 Rt 609, Botetourt, VA
Built 1932 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 50
Jennings Crk Rd614
FairOver: Jennings Creek
1.12-Rte618N/0.30-Rte618M, Botetourt, VA
Built 1984 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 210
Tinker Mtn. Rd/816
FairOver: Tinker Creek
0.78-Rte220;0.10-end, Botetourt, VA
Built 1972 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 211
SBL ROUTE 0081
FairOver: PURGATORY CREEK
0.34 RT 11; 0.53 RT 614, Botetourt, VA
Built 1960 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 19,621
NBL ROUTE 0081
FairOver: PURGATORY CREEK
0.34 RT 11; 0.53 RT 614, Botetourt, VA
Built 1960 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 20,167
Lithia Road / 640
FairOver: Back Creek
0.50-Rte645; 0.00-Rte776, Botetourt, VA
Built 1961 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 238
Jennings Crk Rd614
FairOver: Jennings Creek
0.97-Rte618N/0.45-Rte618M, Botetourt, VA
Built 1984 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 210
Poor Farm Rd./681
FairOver: Branch of Catawba Creek
1.10-Rte220; 0.60-Rte679, Botetourt, VA
Built 1969 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 269
StonyBatteryRdT651
FairOver: Branch of Buffalo Creek
0.10-Rte11; 0.02-Rte716S, Botetourt, VA
Built 1969 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 1,409
Jennings Crk Rd614
FairOver: Jennings Creek
0.30 RT 622; 1.40 RT 618, Botetourt, VA
Built 1978 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 210
Blue Ridge Bvd/221
FairOver: Laymantown Creek
4.37-Bdfd Co; 1.12-Roa Co, Botetourt, VA
Built 1940 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 10,687
Jennings Ck Rd/614
FairOver: Jennings Creek
1.25-Rte618; 1-60-End Mt, Botetourt, VA
Built 1932 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 134
Botetourt Rd 220
FairOver: Craig Creek
0.57 Rt 43; 11.47 Aleg C, Botetourt, VA
Built 1979 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 4,922
Mt. Valley Rd./643
FairOver: Ellis Run
0.40-Rte640; 0.0-Rte645, Botetourt, VA
Built 1973 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 327
REED Mt. RD / 654
FairOver: TINKER CREEK
0.00-RT1004T; 0.00-RT11, Botetourt, VA
Built 1982 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 7,343
Greenwy Hollow/672
FairOver: Tinker Creek
0.08-Rte779; 0.65-end mt, Botetourt, VA
Built 1971 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 176
I-81
FairOver: Renick Run
2.76-Rte614; 2.58-Rockbrg, Botetourt, VA
Built 1959 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 38,069
Loop B & Ramp B 81
FairOver: Buffalo Creek
0.10-SBL 81; 0.20-SBL 220, Botetourt, VA
Built 1987 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,590
Botetourt Road/220
FairOver: Branch of Catawba Creek
0.45-Rte681; 1.27-Rte679, Botetourt, VA
Built 1980 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 6,662
Archway Road/607
FairOver: Glade Creek
0.15-Rt603; 1.85-Bedford, Botetourt, VA
Built 1973 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,214
Catawba Road / 779
FairOver: Branch of Tinker Creek
0.25-Rte672; 2.35-Rte630, Botetourt, VA
Built 1973 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,046
U.S. ROUTE 460
FairOver: BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
1.0 MILES TO VA ROUTE 657, Botetourt, VA
Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 474
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