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Fredericksburg city County, VA

18 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.4% rated Good, 44.4% Fair, 11.1% Poor.

18
Public bridges: 44.4%
Good condition: 11.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Fredericksburg 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.

115th
of 129 on Poor share: 11.1%
Poor-condition share: 18
public highway bridges: 1983
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.

Fredericksburg city County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fredericksburg city County ranks #115 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.1%). Fredericksburg city County, Virginia contains 18 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.4% are rated “Good,” 44.4% “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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Fredericksburg city County

Good condition

44.4%

8 of 18 rated 7-9

Fair condition

44.4%

8 of 18 rated 5-6

Poor condition

11.1%

2 of 18 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#115 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 18 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

44.4% (8)

Fair

44.4% (8)

Poor

11.1% (2)

Fredericksburg city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 64,986 vehicle crossings a day

That is 15.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 32,493 crossings a day against 10,684 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 18 of 18 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

27.8% of Fredericksburg city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

5 of the 18 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 44.4% 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 57.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

ROUTE 0001 over RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER @, built 1943, carries 37,586 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 64,986 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1940s

5
1980s

4
1990s

4
2000s

3
2010s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1940s, when 5 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 75 to 84 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 9 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Fredericksburg city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 9 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fredericksburg city County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Waynesboro city County	19	42.1%	52.6%	5.3%	1976
Buena Vista city County	18	44.4%	55.6%	0%	1976
Staunton city County	18	66.7%	33.3%	0%	1972
Fredericksburg city County (this page)	18	44.4%	44.4%	11.1%	1983
Salem city County	17	47.1%	41.2%	11.8%	1963
Northumberland County	16	31.3%	62.5%	6.3%	1985

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (18 bridges here).

Haskell County, KS · 18 bridges
Charlevoix County, MI · 18 bridges
Rolette County, ND · 18 bridges
Ciales County, PR · 18 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1983 here).

Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges

Poor

Over: RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER @

STAFFORD-FREDBURG LINE, Fredericksburg city, VA

Built 1943 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 37,586

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Fredericksburg city County, VA

Fredericksburg city County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Fredericksburg city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 64,986 vehicle crossings a day

27.8% of Fredericksburg city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 57.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

When Fredericksburg city County's bridges were built

How Fredericksburg 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 (18)

EMANCIPATION HW BY

EMANCIPATION HW BY

COWAN BLVD.

RTE.0003 E.W.CONN.

RTE. 0003_E.W.CONN

BLUE & GRAY PKWAY

BLUE/GRAY PKY

ROUTE 0002

Fall Hill ave.

FALL HILL AVENUE

WASHINGTON AVENUE

KINGS HIGHWAY

FALL HILL AVENUE

LAFAYET BLVA/RT. 1

IDLEWILD BLVD.

COWAN BOULEVARD

EMANCIPATION HW BY

ROUTE 0001

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