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Buena Vista city County, VA

18 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.4% rated Good, 55.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

18
Public bridges
44.4%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Buena Vista city County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 15%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
18
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Buena Vista city County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Buena Vista city County ranks #19 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Buena Vista city County, Virginia contains 18 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.4% are rated “Good,” 55.6% “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.

Total bridges

18

Public highway bridges in Buena Vista city County

Good condition

44.4%

8 of 18 rated 7-9

Fair condition

55.6%

10 of 18 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 18 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#19 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 18 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
44.4% (8)
Fair
55.6% (10)
Poor
0% (0)

27.8% of Buena Vista city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

5 of the 18 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 44.4% 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 Buena Vista city County's bridges were built

18 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 7 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

How Buena Vista city County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Buena Vista city 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 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Buena Vista city County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Waynesboro city County 19 5.3%
Fredericksburg city County 18 11.1%
Staunton city County 18 0%
Buena Vista city County (this page) 18 0%
Salem city County 17 11.8%
Northumberland County 16 6.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (18 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1976 here).

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

All 18 Good 8 Fair 10 Poor 0

All bridges (18)

9TH STREET

Fair

Over: PEDLAR GAP RUN

0.04 RTE501 0.02SYCAMR A, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 7,928

CHESTNUT AVENUE

Fair

Over: INDIAN GAP RUN

0.03E 16TH ST0.06E 17TH S, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 500

FOREST AVENUE

Fair

Over: INDIAN GAP RUN

0.01 16TH ST-0.09 17TH ST, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 500

FOREST AVENUE

Fair

Over: NOEL RUN

0.10 E15THST-0.05 E16THST, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 500

ROUTE 0060

Fair

Over: S FORK_CHALK MINE_RUN

0039ECL BU VI0340AMHER CO, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1932 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,926

17TH STREET

Fair

Over: INDIAN GAP RUN

0.01WALNUT AV0.05CHESTNUT, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,385

LINDEN AVENUE

Fair

Over: PEDLAR GAP RUN

.02/9TH ST - .07/10TH ST, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 512

ROUTE 0501

Fair

Over: LOWRY RUN

0080663 0059SCL BU V, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1930 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,300

10TH STREET

Fair

Over: MAURY RIVER

0.10 MAURY PK-0.30 RT 501, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1971 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 3,185

ROUTE 60 (29TH ST)

Fair

Over: CHALK-MINE-RUN

0012ALLEGHANY0023ORCHARD, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1938 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 9,954

RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: WASHER HOLLOW CREEK

0.10 TO RTE.60, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

ROCKBRIDGE AVENUE

Good

Over: CHALK MINE RUN

0.01 TO RTE.60, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,890

MAGNOLIA STREET

Good

Over: INDIAN GAP RUN

1.20 RT 60-0.97 SCL BUENA, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 2002 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 6,209

WEST 29TH STREET

Good

Over: TRIB MAURY RIVER

0.00 CULVERT A-0.05 CAREY, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1989 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 9,954

CHESTNUT AVENUE

Good

Over: NOEL RUN

0.02 15TH ST-0.09 16TH ST, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 500

WALNUT AVENUE

Good

Over: NOEL RUN

0.03E 14TH ST0.05E 15TH S, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 450

10TH STREET

Good

Over: SPILLWAY MAURY RIVER

.15 MAURY PARK-.25 501, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1998 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 3,185

CATALPA AVENUE

Good

Over: CHALK MINE RUN

.03 30TH ST/.08 32TH ST, Buena Vista city, VA

Built 1993 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,687

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.