Total bridges
9
Public highway bridges in Colonial Heights city County
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Colonial Heights city County, VA
9 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 0% rated Good, 88.9% Fair, 11.1% Poor.
- 9
- Public bridges
- 0%
- Good condition
- 11.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Colonial Heights city County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 116th
- of 129 on Poor share
- 11.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 9
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Colonial Heights city County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Colonial Heights city County ranks #116 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.1%). Colonial Heights city County, Virginia contains 9 public highway bridges. Roughly 0% are rated “Good,” 88.9% “Fair,” and 11.1% “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
0%
0 of 9 rated 7-9
Fair condition
88.9%
8 of 9 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.1%
1 of 9 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#116 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 9 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 0% (0)
Fair 88.9% (8)
Poor 11.1% (1)
Colonial Heights city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,402 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. 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 9 of 9 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
0% of Colonial Heights city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
0 of the 9 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 0% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SHERWOOD DRIVE over SWIFT CREEK, built 1987, carries 3,402 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,402 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Colonial Heights city County's bridges were built
9 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1970s
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
3 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 3 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 12 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.
How Colonial Heights city County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Colonial Heights city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1965 is 21 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsville city County | 10 | 40% | 60% | 0% | 1976 |
| Middlesex County | 10 | 30% | 60% | 10% | 1970 |
| Lancaster County | 9 | 22.2% | 66.7% | 11.1% | 1959 |
| Colonial Heights city County (this page) | 9 | 0% | 88.9% | 11.1% | 1986 |
| Covington city County | 8 | 37.5% | 50% | 12.5% | 1962 |
| Lexington city County | 8 | 25% | 62.5% | 12.5% | 1956 |
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 Colonial Heights city County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
All bridges (9)
ELLERSLIE AVENUE
FairOver: CSX RAILWAY
0.21 FR 1 & 0.20 TO OLDTN, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 2000 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 14,663
CONDUIT ROAD
FairOver: OLD TOWN CREEK
.05 144(TMPL) .33 CHARLES, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1992 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 20,209
SOUTHPARK BLVD
FairOver: ROUTE I-95
.05Roslyne(W).05Roslyne(E, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1976 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 19,000
ELLERSLIE AVENUE
FairOver: ROUTE I-95
.19 COMPN RD .10 HOLLY AV, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1977 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 14,663
TEMPLE AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
.67 C DIMMOCK .02 CONDUIT, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1984 Load: 62.1 t ADT: 28,292
JEFFERSON DAVIS HY
FairOver: SWIFT CREEK
1.68 FR 144 & .14 TO 1129, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1990 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 26,067
CONDUIT ROAD
FairOver: ROUTE I-95
.10 W ROSLYN RD & .25 144, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1977 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 9,803
BOULEVARD
FairOver: OLD TOWN CREEK
.45 FR 144 .29 TO LAKEVIE, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1987 Load: 70.3 t ADT: 20,599
SHERWOOD DRIVE
PoorOver: SWIFT CREEK
.05FORESTVIE .05SPRINGDAL, Colonial Heights city, VA
Built 1987 Load: 69.2 t ADT: 3,402
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