Total bridges
18
Public highway bridges in Buena Vista city County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1930s
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
7 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
3 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).
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro city County | 19 | 42.1% | 52.6% | 5.3% | 1976 |
| Fredericksburg city County | 18 | 44.4% | 44.4% | 11.1% | 1983 |
| Staunton city County | 18 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% | 1972 |
| Buena Vista city County (this page) | 18 | 44.4% | 55.6% | 0% | 1976 |
| Salem city County | 17 | 47.1% | 41.2% | 11.8% | 1963 |
| Northumberland County | 16 | 31.3% | 62.5% | 6.3% | 1985 |
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).
- Haskell County, KS · 18 bridges
- Charlevoix County, MI · 18 bridges
- Rolette County, ND · 18 bridges
- Ciales County, PR · 18 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (8)
RIDGE ROAD
GoodOver: WASHER HOLLOW CREEK
0.10 TO RTE.60, Buena Vista city, VA
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20
ROCKBRIDGE AVENUE
GoodOver: CHALK MINE RUN
0.01 TO RTE.60, Buena Vista city, VA
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,890
MAGNOLIA STREET
GoodOver: 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
GoodOver: 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
GoodOver: NOEL RUN
0.02 15TH ST-0.09 16TH ST, Buena Vista city, VA
Built 1979 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 500
WALNUT AVENUE
GoodOver: NOEL RUN
0.03E 14TH ST0.05E 15TH S, Buena Vista city, VA
Built 1979 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 450
10TH STREET
GoodOver: SPILLWAY MAURY RIVER
.15 MAURY PARK-.25 501, Buena Vista city, VA
Built 1998 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 3,185
CATALPA AVENUE
GoodOver: 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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