Total bridges
7
Public highway bridges in Emporia city County
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Emporia city County, VA
7 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.1% rated Good, 42.9% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 7
- Public bridges
- 57.1%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Emporia city County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 18%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 7
- 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.
Emporia city County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Emporia city County ranks #23 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Emporia city County, Virginia contains 7 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.1% are rated “Good,” 42.9% “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.
Good condition
57.1%
4 of 7 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.9%
3 of 7 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 7 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#23 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 7 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 57.1% (4)
Fair 42.9% (3)
Poor 0% (0)
42.9% of Emporia city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
3 of the 7 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 57.1% 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 Emporia city County's bridges were built
7 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1960s 1
1960–1969
1 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s 1
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 4 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 57.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1984, 10 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.
How Emporia city County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Emporia city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 13 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Heights city County | 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 |
| Winchester city County | 8 | 12.5% | 75% | 12.5% | 1969 |
| Fairfax city County | 7 | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | 1983 |
| Emporia city County (this page) | 7 | 57.1% | 42.9% | 0% | 1984 |
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 Emporia city County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Good-condition bridges (4)
Reese Street
GoodOver: Metcalf Creek
0.80NORTH STA0072SUNSD RD, Emporia city, VA
Built 1979 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 1,409
Davis Street
GoodOver: Metcalf Creek
0.66 TO 58BUS/0.17 TO 58, Emporia city, VA
Built 1970 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 1,862
HALIFAX ST RTE 610
GoodOver: METCALF CREEK
0.04KNOX ST/0.42N MAIN ST, Emporia city, VA
Built 2017 Load: 56.9 t ADT: 1,183
SUNNYSIDE ROAD
GoodOver: CSX RAILWAY
0.15REESE ST/0.15NCL EMPO, Emporia city, VA
Built 2005 Load: 75.7 t ADT: 537
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