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Brunswick County, VA

152 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 23.7% rated Good, 69.7% Fair, 6.6% Poor.

152
Public bridges: 23.7%
Good condition: 6.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

101st
of 129 on Poor share: 6.6%
Poor-condition share: 152
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.

Brunswick County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Brunswick County ranks #101 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.6%). Brunswick County, Virginia contains 152 public highway bridges. Roughly 23.7% are rated “Good,” 69.7% “Fair,” and 6.6% “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

152

Public highway bridges in Brunswick County

Good condition

23.7%

36 of 152 rated 7-9

Fair condition

69.7%

106 of 152 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.6%

10 of 152 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#101 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 152 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

23.7% (36)

Fair

69.7% (106)

Poor

6.6% (10)

Brunswick County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,111 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,211 crossings a day against 701 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 152 of 152 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

75.7% of Brunswick County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

115 of the 152 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 23.7% 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 48.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

HICKS STREET over NS RAILWAY (ABANDONED), built 1956, carries 5,853 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 12,111 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

1
1920s

6
1930s

4
1940s

7
1950s

14
1960s

71
1970s

18
1980s

11
1990s

4
2000s

6
2010s

8
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 71 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 46.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 5 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Brunswick County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Brunswick County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Amherst County	157	38.9%	56.1%	5.1%	1972
Campbell County	153	49%	51%	0%	1979
Lee County	153	22.9%	69.3%	7.8%	1973
Brunswick County (this page)	152	23.7%	69.7%	6.6%	1969
Dinwiddie County	151	9.3%	82.8%	7.9%	1972
Grayson County	145	16.6%	78.6%	4.8%	1964

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (152 bridges here).

Logan County, AR · 152 bridges
Kosciusko County, IN · 152 bridges
Muhlenberg County, KY · 152 bridges
Clinton County, MO · 152 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 152 Good 36 Fair 106 Poor 10

Fair-condition bridges (106)

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Brunswick County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Brunswick County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,111 vehicle crossings a day

75.7% of Brunswick County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 48.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Brunswick 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

Fair-condition bridges (106)

HARPERS BRIDGE RD.

CHRISTANNA HIGWAY

HENDRICKS MILL RD

SPRING BANK ROAD

CHRISTANNA HIGWAY

U.S. 58 (WBL)

NBL ROUTE 0085

POOR HOUSE ROAD

LAKE GASTON ROAD

SHINING CREEK ROAD

NBL BOYDTON PLANK

U.S. 58 (EBL)

SBL I-85

NBL ROUTE 0085

NBL ROUTE 0085

SBL ROUTE 0085

U.S. 58 (EBL)

U.S. 58 Business

U.S. 58 (WBL)

PRESWOOD ROAD

I-85 (NBL)

SBL I-85

U.S. 58 (EBL)

NBL ROUTE 0085

ROUTE I-85 NBL

ROUTE I-85 SBL

STURGEON ROAD

INTERSTATE-85 NBL

INTERSTATE-85 SBL

U.S. 58 (EBL)

STURGEON ROAD

GOV.HARRISON PKWY

SBL ROUTE 0085

OLD INDIAN ROAD

BASKERVILLE MILL

NBL BOYDTON PLANK

BRUNSWICK DRIVE

U.S 58 (EBL)

U.S. 58 (WBL)

OLD BRIDGE ROAD

POOR HOUSE ROAD

BRUNSWICK DRIVE

U.S. 58 WBL

NBL I-85

GOV HARRISON PKWY

GRANDY ROAD

I-85 (NBL)

U.S. 58 EBL

OLD STAGE ROAD

OLD STAGE ROAD

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