Total bridges
161
Public highway bridges in Carroll County
County profile · official public datasets
Carroll County, VA
161 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.6% rated Good, 57.1% Fair, 1.2% Poor.
- 161
- Public bridges
- 41.6%
- Good condition
- 1.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Carroll County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 28%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 161
- public highway bridges
- 1971
- 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.
Carroll County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Carroll County ranks #36 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.2%). Carroll County, Virginia contains 161 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.6% are rated “Good,” 57.1% “Fair,” and 1.2% “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
41.6%
67 of 161 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.1%
92 of 161 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.2%
2 of 161 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#36 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 161 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.6% (67)
Fair 57.1% (92)
Poor 1.2% (2)
Carroll County's Poor-condition bridges carry 125 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 63 crossings a day against 1,365 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 161 of 161 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50.3% of Carroll County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
81 of the 161 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 41.6% 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 72% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
Cross Creek Rd/881 over Little Reed Island Cr #2, built 1941, carries 90 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 125 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Carroll County's bridges were built
161 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
21 bridges
- 1940s 14
1940–1949
14 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
31 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
38 bridges
- 1980s 12
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
16 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s 10
2010–2019
10 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1971) matches the Virginia average (1974).
How Carroll County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Carroll County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.2% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wise County | 165 | 24.2% | 73.9% | 1.8% | 1974 |
| Halifax County | 161 | 36% | 57.1% | 6.8% | 1976 |
| Hanover County | 161 | 19.9% | 76.4% | 3.7% | 1975 |
| Carroll County (this page) | 161 | 41.6% | 57.1% | 1.2% | 1971 |
| Mecklenburg County | 160 | 31.3% | 63.1% | 5.6% | 1974 |
| Amherst County | 157 | 38.9% | 56.1% | 5.1% | 1972 |
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 Carroll 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 Carroll County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside VA (161 bridges here).
- Carroll County, IN · 161 bridges
- Floyd County, KY · 161 bridges
- Greenup County, KY · 161 bridges
- Dade County, MO · 161 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1971 here).
- Wayne County, MI · avg 1971 · 1,026 bridges
- Baltimore County, MD · avg 1971 · 783 bridges
- Washington County, PA · avg 1971 · 655 bridges
- Linn County, OR · avg 1971 · 566 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (92)
Hylton Rd./630
FairOver: Laurel Fork Creek #2
1.75-Rte638; 0.25-Rte781, Carroll, VA
Built 1932 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 38
DUGSPUR RD/RT 638
FairOver: Brannon Branch
0.65-RT 625; 0.35-RT 624, Carroll, VA
Built 1992 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 226
SBL ROUTE 0077
FairOver: RTE 702/STABLE ROAD
12.58-NC LINE 2.44-RTE58, Carroll, VA
Built 1978 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 15,087
NBL ROUTE 77
FairOver: RTE 702-STABLE ROAD
12.59-NC LINE 2.43-RTE58, Carroll, VA
Built 1978 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 18,191
Forest Oak Rd./620
FairOver: Crooked Creek
0.01-Rte915; 0.40-Rte712, Carroll, VA
Built 1968 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 45
Dugspur Road
FairOver: Adams Branch
1.05-Rte624; 0.00-Rte627, Carroll, VA
Built 1981 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 226
Cliffview Rd./721
FairOver: Chestnut Creek
0.00-Galax C; 1.25-Rte837, Carroll, VA
Built 1964 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,004
Mill Creek Rd/726
FairOver: Mill Creek #1
0.00-GalaxCL;0.80-Rte849, Carroll, VA
Built 1949 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 149
DANVILLE PIKE/RT58
FairOver: BIG REED ISLAND CREEK
0.70-RT 844;1.30-RT 654, Carroll, VA
Built 1986 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 3,076
Sylvatus Hwy/Rt100
FairOver: Rock Creek
0.06-Rte828;0.92-Wythe CL, Carroll, VA
Built 1942 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 3,613
Iron Ridge Rd/607
FairOver: Chestnut Creek
1.55-Rte793; 1.65-Rte635, Carroll, VA
Built 1972 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 211
Apache Rd./Rte.711
FairOver: Crooked Creek
0.50-Rte916; 2.30-Rte789, Carroll, VA
Built 1932 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 36
Little Vine Rd.749
FairOver: Little Reed Island Creek
1.35-Rte52; 0.00-Rte772, Carroll, VA
Built 1970 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 363
Bear Trail/691
FairOver: Halls Branch
0.40-Rte 52; 0.80-Rte 688, Carroll, VA
Built 1997 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 350
Bear Trail/691
FairOver: Lovels Creek
1.05-Rte912; 0.50-Rte679, Carroll, VA
Built 1932 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 350
Carrollton Pike/58
FairOver: Little Reed Island Creek
1.48-Rte52; 0.99 I77, Carroll, VA
Built 1978 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 8,016
Dugspur Rd/638
FairOver: Burkes Fork Creek
0.60-Rte627; 0.50-Rte624, Carroll, VA
Built 1977 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 226
Silverleaf Rd/664
FairOver: Big Reed Island Creek
0.02-Rte663; 1.68-Rte661, Carroll, VA
Built 1968 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 115
Dugspur Rd./638
FairOver: Laurel Fork Creek
0.00-Rte630; 1.80-Rte656, Carroll, VA
Built 1977 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 230
Burks Fork Rd./628
FairOver: Burks Fork
2.15-Rte662; 0.05-Rte660, Carroll, VA
Built 1968 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 73
OLD GALAX PIKE/714
FairOver: LITTLE REED ISLAND CREEK
1.69-RT 58; 0.02-RT 621, Carroll, VA
Built 1973 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 565
SBL Rte. I-77
FairOver: 58 & 221/Carrollton Pike
15.02-NC line; 9.27-Wythe, Carroll, VA
Built 1978 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 15,087
NBL Rte. I-77
FairOver: Rt58&221/Carrollton Pike
15.02-NC line; 9.27-Wythe, Carroll, VA
Built 1978 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 22,023
Bronco Road/703
FairOver: Little Reed Island Creek
0.05-Rte960; 0.03-Rte808, Carroll, VA
Built 1932 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 76
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
FairOver: VA ROUTE 608
3.9 MILES TO U.S. ROUTE 5, Carroll, VA
Built 1940 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 1,140
SBL Route I-77
FairOver: Lambsburg Rd./Rte. 620
1.16-NC LINE; 13.82-RT 58, Carroll, VA
Built 1976 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 20,539
77 NBL
FairOver: Lambsburg Rd./Rte. 620
1.16-NC line; 13.82-Rte58, Carroll, VA
Built 1976 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 19,602
Pilgrams Trail/673
FairOver: Snake Creek
1.20-Rte 221; 0.80-Rte899, Carroll, VA
Built 1963 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 36
Chance Creek Rd775
FairOver: E. Fork Crooked Creek
0.02-Rte699; 0.85-Rte700, Carroll, VA
Built 1984 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 670
Dugspur Road/638
FairOver: Branch Burks Fork
0.10-Rte628N; .05-Rte628S, Carroll, VA
Built 2001 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 230
SBL ColsonChRd/620
FairOver: Rte I -77
0.38-Rte743; 0.82-Rte932, Carroll, VA
Built 1977 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 1,361
NBLCoulsonCh/Rd620
FairOver: Rte I -77
0.38-Rte743; 0.82-Rte932, Carroll, VA
Built 1977 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 1,361
Carollton Pike/58
FairOver: LITTLE REED ISLAND CREEK
1.48-RT 52; 1.00-RT 77, Carroll, VA
Built 1962 Load: 83.5 t ADT: 8,016
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
FairOver: LINARD CREEK
0.4 MILES TO VA ROUTE 612, Carroll, VA
Built 1940 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 1,347
Route I-77
FairOver: E Frk Little Reed Isl Cr
0.08-Rte148; 6.15-Rte58, Carroll, VA
Built 1977 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 33,278
Dugspur Rd./638
FairOver: Roads Creek
0.35-Rte630; 0.15-Rte652, Carroll, VA
Built 1989 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 230
Snake Creek Rd/670
FairOver: Branch Snake Creek
0.05-Rte870; 0.35-Rte921, Carroll, VA
Built 1974 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 696
Chance CreekRd775
FairOver: Br East Fork Crooked Crk
0.60-Rte698; 0.02-Rte699, Carroll, VA
Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 670
NesterSchoolRd/624
FairOver: Burkes Fork Creek
0.18-Rte662; 0.82-Rte671, Carroll, VA
Built 1998 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 56
Route I-77
FairOver: Handy Creek
8.58-Rte58; 0.69-Wythe Co, Carroll, VA
Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 39,786
Crooked Oak Rd/677
FairOver: Pine Creek
0.60-Rte680; 0.02-Rte853, Carroll, VA
Built 1992 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 195
Flower Gap Rd./691
FairOver: Pauls Creek
0.95-Rte52; 0.35-Rte816, Carroll, VA
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 735
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