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Danville city County, VA

50 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56% rated Good, 40% Fair, 4% Poor.

50
Public bridges: 56%
Good condition: 4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Danville city County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

71st
of 129 on Poor share: 4%
Poor-condition share: 50
public highway bridges: 1975
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.

Danville city County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Danville city County ranks #71 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4%). Danville city County, Virginia contains 50 public highway bridges. Roughly 56% are rated “Good,” 40% “Fair,” and 4% “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

Public highway bridges in Danville city County

Good condition

56%

28 of 50 rated 7-9

Fair condition

40%

20 of 50 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2 of 50 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#71 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 50 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

56% (28)

Fair

40% (20)

Poor

4% (2)

Danville city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,513 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,257 crossings a day against 8,585 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 50 of 50 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

42% of Danville city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

21 of the 50 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 56% 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 93.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Main Street over Dan River, built 1927, carries 6,083 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 6,513 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

4
1940s

6
1950s

4
1960s

1
1970s

9
1980s

6
1990s

13
2000s

4
2010s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Danville city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Danville city County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Fluvanna County	55	40%	58.2%	1.8%	1974
Highland County	53	49.1%	45.3%	5.7%	1965
Hampton city County	50	20%	74%	6%	1979
Portsmouth city County	50	32%	66%	2%	1986
Danville city County (this page)	50	56%	40%	4%	1975
Greene County	49	18.4%	75.5%	6.1%	1970

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (50 bridges here).

Oglethorpe County, GA · 50 bridges
Randolph County, GA · 50 bridges
Putnam County, IL · 50 bridges
Simpson County, KY · 50 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1975 here).

San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges

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

All 50 Good 28 Fair 20 Poor 2

All bridges (50)

Sort:

Old Riverside Dr.

Fair

Over: Sandy River

0.4 to Mt.Cross-0.0 to 58, Danville city, VA

Built 1984 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,401

Halifax Road

Fair

Over: Fall Creek

.05-N. Main/.02-S. Rail, Danville city, VA

Built 1942 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,323

Baltimore Avenue

Fair

Over: NS Railway&Lanier Ave

.03-Rt.293/.05-Fairfield, Danville city, VA

Built 1930 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 1,890

WBL Route 0058

Fair

Over: Sandy River

.03-Mt.Cro/0.19-Riv Dr, Danville city, VA

Built 1954 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 11,624

Riverside Drive

Fair

Over: Piedmont Drive

5.68 E WCL/1.25 Rt.29, Danville city, VA

Built 1954 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 12,524

London Bridge Dr.

Fair

Over: Pumpkin Creek

.50 - Rt. 86, Danville city, VA

Built 1965 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,000

Goodyear Blvd.

Fair

Over: Route 29 Bypass

0.54-Rt.736/0.18-Rt.1162, Danville city, VA

Built 1984 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,686

River Street

Fair

Over: Fall Creek

.60-Main /8.60 Hali count, Danville city, VA

Built 1948 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 15,614

Central Boulevard

Fair

Over: Sandy Creek

.30 Rt. 58 / .30 Rt. 41, Danville city, VA

Built 1970 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 23,401

Holland Road

Fair

Over: Route 29 Bypass

0.07-Rt.1159/0.10-Rt.1120, Danville city, VA

Built 1979 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 591

Eagle Springs Road

Fair

Over: Rt 29 Bypass

1.35-Rt 655/0.40-Danville, Danville city, VA

Built 1994 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 153

South Boston Road

Fair

Over: Route 29&58 Bypass

1.71-Rt29 Bus/1.09-Rt729, Danville city, VA

Built 1992 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 7,972

Piedmont Drive

Fair

Over: Sandy Creek

.10-Rt. 86 / .30-Rt. 750, Danville city, VA

Built 1982 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 16,237

Riverside Drive

Fair

Over: Sandy Creek

.1 CrtYrdBlvd .7 PnyFstRd, Danville city, VA

Built 1938 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 12,248

River Park Drive

Fair

Over: Route 29 Bypass

0.01 FR 11/0.40 Dead End, Danville city, VA

Built 1993 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 50

Goodyear Boulevard

Fair

Over: Pumkin Creek

00331162 0012736, Danville city, VA

Built 1955 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 2,149

South Boston Road

Fair

Over: Rt. 29 Bypass NBL&SBL

1.71Rt293 Bus-1.09 Rt 729, Danville city, VA

Built 1992 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 7,972

South Main Street

Fair

Over: Route 29 Bypass

0.41 NC Line/ 0.20 Rt1121, Danville city, VA

Built 1984 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 10,317

Central Blvd.

Fair

Over: Dan River

0.12 Rt 86 / 0.02 Rt 58, Danville city, VA

Built 1970 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 31,056

West Main Street

Fair

Over: Route 86(Central Blvd.)

1.40-Rt.58/0.25-Watson St, Danville city, VA

Danville city County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Danville city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,513 vehicle crossings a day

42% of Danville city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 93.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (50)

Old Riverside Dr.

Halifax Road

Baltimore Avenue

WBL Route 0058

Riverside Drive

London Bridge Dr.

Goodyear Blvd.

River Street

Central Boulevard

Holland Road

Eagle Springs Road

South Boston Road

Piedmont Drive

Riverside Drive

River Park Drive

Goodyear Boulevard

South Boston Road

South Main Street

Central Blvd.

West Main Street

Farrar Street

Route 1120

Riverside Drive

South Main Street

Union Street

South Boston Road

Route 1124

Holland Road

Little Creek Road

Riverside Drive EB

Pumpkin Creek Lane

College Park Dr

Third Avenue West

Central Boulevard

Central Blvd.

Collins Drive

South Main Street

Halifax Road

South Main St. R86

Memorial Drive

Piedmont Drive

Piedmont Drive

Richmond Blvd.

Lockette Drive

South Main Street

Riverside Drive

Richmond Highway

Route 0732

Main Street

Parker Road

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