Total bridges
174
Public highway bridges in Franklin County
County profile · official public datasets
Franklin County, VA
174 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.5% rated Good, 55.2% Fair, 2.3% Poor.
- 174
- Public bridges
- 42.5%
- Good condition
- 2.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Franklin County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 39%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 174
- public highway bridges
- 1966
- 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.
Franklin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Franklin County ranks #50 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.3%). Franklin County, Virginia contains 174 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.5% are rated “Good,” 55.2% “Fair,” and 2.3% “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
42.5%
74 of 174 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.2%
96 of 174 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.3%
4 of 174 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#50 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 174 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42.5% (74)
Fair 55.2% (96)
Poor 2.3% (4)
Franklin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,233 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 808 crossings a day against 993 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 174 of 174 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
67.8% of Franklin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
118 of the 174 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 42.5% 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 42.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
Callaway Rd 641 over Blackwater River, built 1932, carries 1,381 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,233 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Franklin County's bridges were built
174 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
30 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 15
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
44 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
26 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s 5
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 44 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1966, 8 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.
How Franklin County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Franklin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1966 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | 186 | 17.2% | 81.7% | 1.1% | 1968 |
| Arlington County | 183 | 14.8% | 81.4% | 3.8% | 1972 |
| Wythe County | 181 | 17.7% | 79% | 3.3% | 1966 |
| Franklin County (this page) | 174 | 42.5% | 55.2% | 2.3% | 1966 |
| Frederick County | 168 | 36.3% | 61.3% | 2.4% | 1973 |
| Wise County | 165 | 24.2% | 73.9% | 1.8% | 1974 |
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside VA (174 bridges here).
- Hempstead County, AR · 174 bridges
- Eagle County, CO · 174 bridges
- Washington County, IN · 174 bridges
- Lac qui Parle County, MN · 174 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1966 here).
- Butler County, KS · avg 1966 · 591 bridges
- Grafton County, NH · avg 1966 · 544 bridges
- Queens County, NY · avg 1966 · 514 bridges
- Lehigh County, PA · avg 1966 · 381 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (96)
V H Goode HWY 220
FairOver: RT 40
1.08 220 BN; 3.22 220 BS, Franklin, VA
Built 1960 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 11,391
Naff Rd. / 613
FairOver: Maggodee Creek
1.20 RT 852; 0.60 RT 726, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,629
Sontag Road/619
FairOver: Snow Creek
0.45 RT 924; 1.00 RT 630, Franklin, VA
Built 1959 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,037
BROOKS MILL RD 834
FairOver: GILLS CREEK
1.80 RT 670; 1.14 RT 616, Franklin, VA
Built 1962 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,034
Boones Mill Rd 684
FairOver: Maggodee Crk.
0.00 RT 220; 0.01 RT 1603, Franklin, VA
Built 1957 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,458
DANS ROAD/730
FairOver: Little Creek
0.00 RT 693; 0.25 RT 729, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 108
HurdsBridgeRd/818
FairOver: Rennet Bag Creek
0.00 RT 793;1.60 Dead End, Franklin, VA
Built 1964 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 71
Adney Gap Rd 643
FairOver: N Fork Blackwater River
0.10 RT 745; 2.00 RT 602, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 68
FRANKLIN ST. 40
FairOver: NS RAILWAY & RTE 623
0.2-RTE 805; 0.2-RTE 864, Franklin, VA
Built 1966 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 4,506
Airport Rd. 630
FairOver: Guthrie Branch
0.20 RT 890; 3.60 RT 619, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 118
NBL ROUTE 0220
FairOver: BLACKWATER RIVER
1.60 Rt.1055; 0.18 Rt 635, Franklin, VA
Built 1969 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 13,427
Sontag Road 619
FairOver: Chestnut Creek
0.80 RT 996; 0.60 RT 844, Franklin, VA
Built 1959 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,806
Henry Rd./605
FairOver: Town Creek
0.00 RT 606E;0.05 RT 606W, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 864
Ingramville Rd 623
FairOver: Branch of Nicholas Creek
0.75 RT 781; 0.80 RT 778, Franklin, VA
Built 1989 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 798
Franklin Street 40
FairOver: Turkeycock Branch
0.25 RT 785; 1.30 RT 860, Franklin, VA
Built 1950 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 331
V H Goode Hwy 220
FairOver: Pigg River
2.12-220BUS; 1.10 Rt 40, Franklin, VA
Built 1970 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 9,395
Windy Ridge Rd 827
FairOver: SFof Little Chestnut Crk
0.02 RT 724; 1.25 RT 220, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 171
Ledbetter Rd./ 832
FairOver: Powder Mill Creek
0.65 RT 40; 0.15 RT 707, Franklin, VA
Built 1961 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 273
BROOKS MILL RD 834
FairOver: BLACKWATER RIVER
1.70-RT 900; 0.70-RT 914, Franklin, VA
Built 1961 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 3,989
V H Goode Hwy 220
FairOver: Big Chestnut Creek
0.85 Rt 613;080 Rt. 718, Franklin, VA
Built 1979 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 7,068
Davis Mill Rd. 754
FairOver: Story Creek
.00 RT 863E; .04 RT 863W, Franklin, VA
Built 1967 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 605
Rakes Road 754
FairOver: Pigg River
0.40 RT 863; 1.40 Rky Mt, Franklin, VA
Built 1968 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 605
Snow Creek Rd 890
FairOver: Crab Creek
0.40 RT 619; 1.00 RT 652, Franklin, VA
Built 1969 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 693
English Road 720
FairOver: Little Doe Run
1.75 RT 674; 0.40 RT 721, Franklin, VA
Built 1966 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 155
VirgilHGoodeHwy220
FairOver: Maggodee Creek
1.36RoaCo;0.18-BoonsMill, Franklin, VA
Built 1988 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 12,873
Hopkins Road 709
FairOver: Br of Blackwater River
2.40 RT 734; 0.70 RT 774, Franklin, VA
Built 1974 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 722
Gap Gate Rd./739
FairOver: Green Creek
0.20 RT 602; 0.50 RT 740, Franklin, VA
Built 1965 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 327
Danville Tnpk 969
FairOver: Snow Creek
0.25 RT 620; 1.00 RT 629, Franklin, VA
Built 1971 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 498
TRUEVINE RD 646
FairOver: PIGG RIVER
1.45-RT 889; 0.90-RT 673, Franklin, VA
Built 1971 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 1,087
Franklin St 40
FairOver: Tharp Creek
0.73 RT 788; 0.60 RT 892, Franklin, VA
Built 1949 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 657
Callaway Rd. 641
FairOver: S Fork Blackwater River
0.10 RT 756; 0.90 RT 742, Franklin, VA
Built 1962 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 1,381
DOE RUN ROAD 674
FairOver: RTE 220 BP
0.10 Rt 1021; 0.06 Rt 220, Franklin, VA
Built 1961 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,357
FRANKLIN ST. 40
FairOver: PIGG RIVER
0.01 RT 795; 0.04 RT 1003, Franklin, VA
Built 1985 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 4,506
ProvidenceChurchRd
FairOver: N F Little Chestnut Crk
0.60 RT 619; 1.05 RT 608, Franklin, VA
Built 1960 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 556
Ferrum Mtn Rd 602
FairOver: S. Prong of Pigg River
0.00 RT 640; 1.70 RT 748, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 463
Old Forge Rd. 756
FairOver: Pigg River
1.50 RT 640; 0.80 RT 802, Franklin, VA
Built 1984 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 459
B T WASH.HWY 122
FairOver: ROANOKE RV HALEFORD BR
.00 BEDFO CO;.00 FRANK CO, Franklin, VA
Built 1963 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 13,041
220 Bus NBL
FairOver: 220 Bypass
1.69 RKYMT; 0.06 220 BP, Franklin, VA
Built 1960 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 2,683
Fishburn Mt Rd 756
FairOver: N F Little Chestnut Crk
0.40 RT 619; 0.98 RT 929, Franklin, VA
Built 1969 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 312
BonbrookMillRd 635
FairOver: Br of Maggodee Creek
0.60 RT 700; 0.30 RT 691, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 986
SNOW CREEK RD 890
FairOver: SNOW CREEK
0.52 RT 960; 0.20 RT 630, Franklin, VA
Built 1973 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 693
Bethany Rd 739
FairOver: N Fork Blackwater River
0.55 RT 743; 0.65 RT 808, Franklin, VA
Built 1932 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 457
Henry Road 605
FairOver: Nicholas Creek
0.45 RT 780; 0.80 RT 778, Franklin, VA
Built 1972 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 622
V H Goode Hwy 220
FairOver: Big Chestnut Creek
0.85 Rt 618; 0.80 Rt 718, Franklin, VA
Built 1957 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 7,068
Naff Road/Rte 613
FairOver: Maggodee Creek
0.30 RT 220; 0.10 RT 614, Franklin, VA
Built 1980 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 1,663
Repubcn Ch Rd/778
FairOver: Branch Nicholas Creek
0.20 RT 623; 0.50 RT 865, Franklin, VA
Built 1986 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 116
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