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Campbell County, VA

153 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49% rated Good, 51% Fair, 0% Poor.

153
Public bridges
49%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Campbell County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 3%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
153
public highway bridges
1979
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.

Campbell County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Campbell County ranks #4 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Campbell County, Virginia contains 153 public highway bridges. Roughly 49% are rated “Good,” 51% “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

153

Public highway bridges in Campbell County

Good condition

49%

75 of 153 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51%

78 of 153 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 153 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#4 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 153 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
49% (75)
Fair
51% (78)
Poor
0% (0)

43.1% of Campbell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

66 of the 153 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 49% 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 Campbell County's bridges were built

153 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1979, 5 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Campbell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Campbell County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Mecklenburg County 160 5.6%
Amherst County 157 5.1%
Lee County 153 7.8%
Campbell County (this page) 153 0%
Brunswick County 152 6.6%
Dinwiddie County 151 7.9%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (153 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1979 here).

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

All 153 Good 75 Fair 78 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (75)

Campbell Hwy SBL

Good

Over: Beaver Creek

0.55-Rt.916/1.05-Rt.680, Campbell, VA

Built 1991 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 4,126

Route 29 NBL

Good

Over: James River & CSX Rwy.

.00-Amherst /0.00Campbell, Campbell, VA

Built 2001 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 9,256

Red House Road

Good

Over: Jacobs Creek

0.50-Rt.834 / 0.90-Rt.646, Campbell, VA

Built 2002 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 925

McIver Ferry Rd.

Good

Over: Branch Whipping Creek

0.17-Rt. 633/2.61-Rt. 635, Campbell, VA

Built 1932 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 67

Dearborne Road

Good

Over: Troublesome Creek

0.10-Rt.693/0.60-Rt.709, Campbell, VA

Built 2017 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 348

East Ferry Road

Good

Over: Trib. Little Seneca Crk

1.57-Rt.697/.61-Rt.947, Campbell, VA

Built 2006 Load: 56.6 t ADT: 301

Waterlick Road

Good

Over: Rt. 460 Bypass

0.12-Rt 1577/0.10-Rt 681, Campbell, VA

Built 1986 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,145

Rt 29 SBL Bypass

Good

Over: James River & CSX Rwy.

.00-Camp. CL/.00-Amh CL, Campbell, VA

Built 2001 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 9,256

Town Fork Road

Good

Over: Buffalo Creek

0.60-Rt.858/0.30-Rt.625, Campbell, VA

Built 2022 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 740

Plum Branch Road

Good

Over: NS Railway

0.90-Rt 737 / 0 .70-Rt 24, Campbell, VA

Built 1961 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 439

Stage Road

Good

Over: Archer Creek

.40-Rt.659/.35-Rt.799, Campbell, VA

Built 2003 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 939

Irvindale Road

Good

Over: Little Falling River

0.60-Rt 645 / 1.00-Rt 601, Campbell, VA

Built 1988 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 271

Pigeon Run Road

Good

Over: Mollys Creek

1.20-Rt 648/1.70-Rt 651, Campbell, VA

Built 1999 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 173

Old Rustburg Rd.

Good

Over: NS Railway

0.01-Rt677/0.29-Rt634, Campbell, VA

Built 1997 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 640

Brookneal Highway

Good

Over: Suck Creek

2.00-Rt. 970/1.50-Rt. 652, Campbell, VA

Built 2008 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 6,228

East Ferry Road

Good

Over: Little Seneca Creek

0.70-Rt.697 / 1.90-Rt.947, Campbell, VA

Built 2004 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 301

Springmill Road

Good

Over: Bargers Branch

0.40-Rt 606 / 0.10-Rt 731, Campbell, VA

Built 2020 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,100

Route 29 NBL

Good

Over: NS Railway

1.0toLynchCity-0.7 to 683, Campbell, VA

Built 2022 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 15,422

Turkeyfoot Road

Good

Over: Buffalo Creek

.19-Rt 460 / .18-Rt 1400, Campbell, VA

Built 2022 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 2,992

Oxford Furnace Rd

Good

Over: Little Beaver Creek

1.69-Rt1023/.01-Rt460, Campbell, VA

Built 1997 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 784

Lynbrook Road

Good

Over: Flat Creek

0.20 to 683 - 2.2 to 29, Campbell, VA

Built 2021 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 4,100

Eastbrook Road

Good

Over: Opossum Creek

1.10-Rt 665/2.20-Rt 662, Campbell, VA

Built 1999 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 504

Eastbrook Road

Good

Over: NS Railway

2.0-Rt 665/1.30-Rt 662, Campbell, VA

Built 1991 Load: 85.3 t ADT: 751

Wickliffe Avenue

Good

Over: Falling River

.06-E Brknl / 4.20-Cha Co, Campbell, VA

Built 1996 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,561

Camp Hydaway Road

Good

Over: Opossum Creek

1.6 Rte 664/1.48 Rte 1480, Campbell, VA

Built 2021 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 338

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