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Chesterfield County, VA

322 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.8% rated Good, 76.7% Fair, 2.5% Poor.

322
Public bridges
20.8%
Good condition
2.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Chesterfield County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 40%
lowest Poor share in state
2.5%
Poor-condition share
322
public highway bridges
1984
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.

Chesterfield County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chesterfield County ranks #52 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.5%). Chesterfield County, Virginia contains 322 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.8% are rated “Good,” 76.7% “Fair,” and 2.5% “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

322

Public highway bridges in Chesterfield County

Good condition

20.8%

67 of 322 rated 7-9

Fair condition

76.7%

247 of 322 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.5%

8 of 322 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#52 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 322 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
20.8% (67)
Fair
76.7% (247)
Poor
2.5% (8)

Chesterfield County's Poor-condition bridges carry 57,498 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 7,187 crossings a day against 12,096 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 322 of 322 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

28.9% of Chesterfield County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

93 of the 322 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 20.8% 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 26.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY over ASHTON CREEK, built 1928, carries 15,315 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 57,498 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Chesterfield County's bridges were built

322 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 70 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1984, 10 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Chesterfield County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.5% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 9 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Chesterfield County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Augusta County 357 2.8%
Henrico County 352 4.3%
Chesterfield County (this page) 322 2.5%
Prince William County 303 1.3%
Rockingham County 288 3.1%
Buchanan County 283 4.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (322 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1984 here).

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

All 322 Good 67 Fair 247 Poor 8

All bridges (322)

ADKINS ROAD

Good

Over: ROUTE 76

0.22 Fr 790 & 0.14 To 688, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1988 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 1,371

NBL CHIPPENHAM PKW

Good

Over: ROUTE 686 (JAHNKE ROAD)

1.04 FR 60 & 0.69 to 76, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1999 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 38,881

WATKINS CNTR PRKWY

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY

2.02 Fr 652 & 0.78 To 60, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2003 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 2,800

SBL CHIPPENHAM PKW

Good

Over: ROUTE 686 (JAHNKE ROAD)

0.69 FR 76 & 1.04 TO 60, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1999 Load: 71.9 t ADT: 38,881

NBL ROUTE 288

Good

Over: ROUTE 76

2.66 Fr 360 & 0.85 To 720, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2003 Load: 75.8 t ADT: 26,155

ROUTE 288 NBL

Good

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

0.14 Fr 145 & 3.16 To 10, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1990 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 20,531

ROUTE 288 SBL

Good

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

3.16 FR 10 & .14 TO145, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1990 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 20,531

WEST HUNDRED ROAD

Good

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

.18 FR 144 & .1 TO 144, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1990 Load: 84.4 t ADT: 31,520

ROUTE 288 SBL

Good

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

3.22 FR 10 & .08 TO 145, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1990 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 20,531

OTTERDALE ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF DRY CREEK

1.40 FR 655 & 0.5 TO 5190, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2008 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 8,922

BRIGHTWALTON ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED TR SWIFT CK

.11frmColwyn/.12toRte7450, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2014 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 575

IRON RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

0.1Fr10&0.2toWeatherby, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2017 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 11,638

MOUNT HERMON ROAD

Good

Over: OTTERDALE BRANCH

0.5 FRM DEND & 0.5 TO 604, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2020 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 343

Otterdale Road

Good

Over: Stream

0 59Rt360 0.61Rt668, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2022 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,582

CEDAR CLIFF DR

Poor

Over: TIMSBERRY CREEK

0.05FR4939&0.05TO4930, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1989 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 722

OLD BERM HUND RD

Poor

Over: INTERSTATE -95

0.19 Fr 1 & 0.13 To 680, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1977 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 4,519

HOPKINS ROAD

Poor

Over: FALLING CREEK

1.5 Fr 638 & .13 To 7505, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1952 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 6,011

WEST PROVIDENCE RD

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF FALLING CREEK

0.50 Fr 653 & 1.43 to 647, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1947 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,293

OLD HUNDRED ROAD

Poor

Over: NUTTREE BRANCH

1.19 Fr 360 & 1.16 To 604, Chesterfield, VA

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,077

Deer Run Dr

Poor

Over: Unnamed Tributary

0.05 fr 4906 0.05 to 4713, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900

BUFORD ROAD

Poor

Over: NS RAILWAY

.49 FR 686 & .08 TO 718, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1983 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 11,661

JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: ASHTON CREEK

0.60 Fr 746 & 1.15 To 859, Chesterfield, VA

Built 1928 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 15,315

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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.