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Fluvanna County, VA

55 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40% rated Good, 58.2% Fair, 1.8% Poor.

55
Public bridges
40%
Good condition
1.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 34%
lowest Poor share in state
1.8%
Poor-condition share
55
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Fluvanna County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fluvanna County ranks #44 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.8%). Fluvanna County, Virginia contains 55 public highway bridges. Roughly 40% are rated “Good,” 58.2% “Fair,” and 1.8% “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

55

Public highway bridges in Fluvanna County

Good condition

40%

22 of 55 rated 7-9

Fair condition

58.2%

32 of 55 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.8%

1 of 55 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 55 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
40% (22)
Fair
58.2% (32)
Poor
1.8% (1)

Fluvanna County's Poor-condition bridges carry 94 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 94 crossings a day against 1,038 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 55 of 55 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

61.8% of Fluvanna County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

34 of the 55 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 40% 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

WHITE HALL ROAD over MECHUNK CREEK, built 1957, carries 94 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 94 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Fluvanna County's bridges were built

55 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Fluvanna County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fluvanna County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Craig County 60 3.3%
James City County 60 0%
New Kent County 60 6.7%
Amelia County 58 8.6%
Fluvanna County (this page) 55 1.8%
Highland County 53 5.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (55 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1974 here).

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

All 55 Good 22 Fair 32 Poor 1

All bridges (55)

HELLS BEND ROAD

Fair

Over: ROUNDABOUT CREEK

0.53 FR 606 / 2.91 TO 615, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1953 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 44

CARY`S CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: ABLE CREEK

3.79 FR 671 / 0.21 TO 15, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1972 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 14

ALBEVANNA SPRGS RD

Fair

Over: HARDWARE RIVER

0.40ALBEM CO/0.52 TO 1302, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1948 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 502

ANTIOCH ROAD

Fair

Over: HARDWARE RIVER

1.05 FR 773 / 1.10 TO 669, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1952 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 850

JAMES MADISON HWY.

Fair

Over: CARYS CREEK

1.21 FR 6 / 1.00 TO 615, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1953 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,755

JAMES MADISON HWY.

Fair

Over: RACCOON CREEK

5.31 FR 6 / 1.13 TO 53, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1955 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 5,617

PAYNES MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: OLIVER CREEK

0.55 FR 633 / 1.60 TO 634, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 737

VENABLE ROAD

Fair

Over: VENABLE CREEK

1.30 FR 631 /0.64 TO 659, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 546

LAKE MONTICELLO RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH RIVANNA RIVER

3.78 FR 53 / 0.30 TO 600, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,923

MOUNTAIN HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BREMO CREEK

0.51 FR 640 / 1.89 TO 641, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 198

BRYANTS FORD ROAD

Fair

Over: NORTH CREEK

4.08 FR 655 / 0.10 TO 654, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1964 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 110

SCLATERS FORD ROAD

Fair

Over: CUNNINGHAM CREEK

1.90 FR 640 / 1.10 TO 619, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1971 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,273

BYBEE CHURCH ROAD

Fair

Over: BALLINGER CREEK

0.29 FR 15 / 0.81 TO 608, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1948 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 108

64 EBL

Fair

Over: Beaverdam Road

.77Fr.AlbCo&.73ToLouisa, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 18,719

64 WBL

Fair

Over: Beaverdam Road

.78Fr.Alb Co &.73ToLouisa, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 19,480

SHANNON HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BYRD CREEK

1.79 FR 659/1.40 GOOCH CO, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1966 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 148

RURITAN LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: CUNNINGHAM CREEK

1.60 FR 761 / 0.50 TO 660, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1971 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,570

COLUMBIA ROAD

Fair

Over: JAMES RIVER

FLUVANNA/CUMBERLAND CO. L, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1971 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 553

CARY BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: RIVANNA RIVER

1.60 FR 15 / 0.87 TO 609, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1975 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 364

UNION MILLS ROAD

Fair

Over: MECHUNK CREEK

3.51 ALBEM CL/0.99 TO 600, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1968 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,139

64 EBL

Fair

Over: Beaverdam Creek

.85 Fr Alb &.66 To Lou CL, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 18,719

DOGWOOD DRIVE

Fair

Over: EAST FORK KENT BRANCH

0.70 FR 601 / 1.29 TO 629, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1951 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 140

LONG ACRE ROAD

Fair

Over: S.FORK CUNNINGHAM CREEK

0.81 FR 693 / 1.85 TO 640, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 463

COVERED BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: EAST BR. LITTLE BYRD CK

2.79 FR 610 / 1.01 TO 601, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1961 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 198

Richmond Road

Fair

Over: Mechunk Creek

1.05 From 799 &.45 To 759, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1933 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 3,725

LONG ACRE ROAD

Fair

Over: S.FORK CUNNINGHAM CREEK

1.41 FR 693 / 1.25 TO 640, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1962 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 463

BREMO ROAD

Fair

Over: HOLMAN CREEK

0.37 FR 657 / 1.53 TO 642, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1932 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 135

THOMAS JEFFERSON P

Fair

Over: BOSTON CREEK

0.66 FR 618 / 0.98 TO 636, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,637

64 WBL

Fair

Over: Beaverdam Creek

.87Fr Alb CL&.64To Lou CL, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1970 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 19,480

SOUTH BOSTON ROAD

Fair

Over: RIVANNA RIVER

0.25 FR 618 / 1.35 TO 616, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1982 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 7,412

PLAIN DEALING ROAD

Fair

Over: VENABLE CREEK

0.50 FR 659 / 1.30 TO 601, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1973 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 169

KENTS STORE ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH VENABLE CREEK

0.43 FR 601 / 1.46 TO 623, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1925 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 886

COURTHOUSE ROAD

Good

Over: LONG ISLAND CREEK

0.55 FR 625 / 1.05 TO 615, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 725

SHILOH CHURCH RD

Good

Over: RACCOON CREEK

1.88 FR 648 / 0.32 TO 640, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 315

HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH CUNNINGHAM CREEK

0.65 FR 639 / 0.35 TO DE, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 125

DEEP CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK KENT BR

.18 FR 631/ 2.27 TO 626, Fluvanna, VA

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120

PERKINS ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH VENABLE CREEK

0.39 FR 659 / 1.91 TO 653, Fluvanna, VA

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 58

ACADEMY ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH CREEK

0.84 FR 654 / 0.76 TO 15, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1976 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 226

CEDAR LANE ROAD

Good

Over: BYRD CREEK

1.55 FR 608 / 0.95 TO 630, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1940 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 225

EAST RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: RIVANNA RIVER

0.53M- 656 / 1.12M- 1106, Fluvanna, VA

Built 2015 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 1,847

JAMES MADISON HWY.

Good

Over: CUNNINGHAM CREEK

0.30 FR 640 / 0.29 TO 53, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1931 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 5,617

TABSCOTT ROAD

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE RUN

0.69 GOOCH CO / 0.80 601, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1955 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 138

BEAVERDAM ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

0.95 FR 250/0.85 ALBEM CL, Fluvanna, VA

Built 2005 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 607

COURTHOUSE ROAD

Good

Over: BALLINGER CREEK

0.05 FR 625W/0.35 TO 625E, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1996 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 725

COMMUNITY HOUSE RD

Good

Over: LITTLE BYRD CREEK

0.38 FR 604 / 1.15 TO 659, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1986 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 123

WEST RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: HARDWARE RIVER

0.75 From 646 &1.8 To 611, Fluvanna, VA

Built 2015 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,504

JAMES MADISON HWY.

Good

Over: RIVANNA RIVER

0.20 TO 601&0.06 FROM 53, Fluvanna, VA

Built 2007 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 6,550

VENABLE ROAD

Good

Over: PHILS CREEK

1.40 FR 608 & 0.40 TO 630, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1993 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 566

GEORGES MILL ROAD

Good

Over: BALLINGER CREEK

0.79 FR 601 / 1.66 TO 678, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1988 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 195

Oak Creek Road

Good

Over: Ballinger Creek

.10 From 601 & .50 To 678, Fluvanna, VA

Built 1996 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 80

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