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Giles County, VA

96 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 29.2% rated Good, 67.7% Fair, 3.1% Poor.

96
Public bridges
29.2%
Good condition
3.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Giles 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 50%
lowest Poor share in state
3.1%
Poor-condition share
96
public highway bridges
1967
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.

Giles County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Giles County ranks #64 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Giles County, Virginia contains 96 public highway bridges. Roughly 29.2% are rated “Good,” 67.7% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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

96

Public highway bridges in Giles County

Good condition

29.2%

28 of 96 rated 7-9

Fair condition

67.7%

65 of 96 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.1%

3 of 96 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#64 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 96 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
29.2% (28)
Fair
67.7% (65)
Poor
3.1% (3)

Giles County's Poor-condition bridges carry 714 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 238 crossings a day against 1,882 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 96 of 96 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.3% of Giles County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

55 of the 96 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 29.2% 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 82.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SinkingCreekRd/772 over Sinking Creek, built 1967, carries 588 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 714 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Giles County's bridges were built

96 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 21 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1967, 7 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Giles County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 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 Giles County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Culpeper County 99 4%
Charlotte County 97 3.1%
Page County 96 1%
Giles County (this page) 96 3.1%
Louisa County 93 2.2%
Greensville County 92 2.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (96 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1967 here).

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

All 96 Good 28 Fair 65 Poor 3

All bridges (96)

White Pine rd./667

Fair

Over: Walker Creek

2.40-rt 669 ; 0.50-rt 670, Giles, VA

Built 1980 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 159

ROUTE 0100

Fair

Over: BIG WALKER CREEK

0.60-PULSKI CO; 0.77-RT42, Giles, VA

Built 1987 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 4,304

EBL ROUTE 0460

Fair

Over: NEW RIVER @

0.17-ECL GLN;0.57-WVA LIN, Giles, VA

Built 1986 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 4,594

WBL ROUTE 0460

Fair

Over: RT 460 BUS

2.6-Va Ave RMP;1.5 Rt 635, Giles, VA

Built 1981 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 7,735

Big Stney CKRD/635

Fair

Over: Stoney Creek

0.30-RT 628; 4.30-RT 629, Giles, VA

Built 1973 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 323

GreenValleyRd/663

Fair

Over: BIG WALKER CREEK

0.60-RTE 708;0.50-RTE 623, Giles, VA

Built 1977 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 168

PulsGilsTpk/100SBL

Fair

Over: Big Walker Creek

0.05-Rte 811:0.05-Rt.663, Giles, VA

Built 1977 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 2,713

NO BUSINESS CK RD

Fair

Over: NOBUSINESS CREEK

0.80BLAND CO;0.90END MAIN, Giles, VA

Built 1955 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 60

PulskGilesTnpk/100

Fair

Over: Big Walker Creek

0.05-Rte811;0.05-Rte-663, Giles, VA

Built 1977 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 2,713

EBL ROUTE 0460

Fair

Over: RTE 460 BUS

2.6-Va.Ave RMP;1.5-Rt 635, Giles, VA

Built 1981 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 7,735

LURICH ROAD/649

Fair

Over: EAST RIVER

00.06 T-648; 00.02 T-704, Giles, VA

Built 1986 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 214

New Zion Road /625

Fair

Over: Sinking Creek

0.60-Rte 730;1.10-Rte 460, Giles, VA

Built 1966 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 65

Sugar Run Rd./663

Fair

Over: Sugar Run

0.00-Rt.662; 1.57-Rt.661, Giles, VA

Built 2000 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 129

SugarRunRd/Rte.663

Fair

Over: Sugar Run

0.12-Rte.662;1.40-Rte.661, Giles, VA

Built 2000 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 40

Eggelston Rd./622

Fair

Over: Green Valley Br.

0.00-Rte707;3.35-Rte767, Giles, VA

Built 1981 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 72

LIONS DEN ROAD

Good

Over: DISMAL CREEK

2.4 MI. N-E ST RTE 671, Giles, VA

Built 1988 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 5

Eggleston Rd. /730

Good

Over: Branch of New River

0.40-RT 689;0.90-RT 621, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 405

BlueGrassTrail/42

Good

Over: Br. Sinking Creek

3.10-CraigCo.;1.00-Rte460, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,582

Main Street 460

Good

Over: Doe Creek

.01-Rte.618 ; .01-Rte1410, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,206

State Line Rd 643

Good

Over: Scott Branch

0.00-W. VA; 0.30-RT644, Giles, VA

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 39

FEDERAL STREET

Good

Over: RICH CREEK

2.60-RT 460; 0.00WVA LINE, Giles, VA

Built 2015 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 9,105

EBL RTE 460

Good

Over: NS RWY/PRV ENT TO PLANT

1.21-PEARSBG; 2.69-NAROWS, Giles, VA

Built 2001 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 8,043

Monroe Street / 61

Good

Over: Mill Creek

.85-Narrows; .12-Rte 100, Giles, VA

Built 1998 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 4,671

SpruceRunRd./605

Good

Over: Spruce Run

0.25-Rte609;0.10-Rte610, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 144

Lucus Street /828

Good

Over: Doe Creek

.05-Rte460; .05-EndMaint, Giles, VA

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 20

CLENDENIN ROAD/641

Good

Over: CLENDENIN CREEK

0.45-Rte769; 2.30-deadend, Giles, VA

Built 2017 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 209

PENVIR RD RTE 673

Good

Over: Wolf CREEK

0.10-RT61; 0.10-RT724, Giles, VA

Built 1924 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 81

Blue Grass Trail42

Good

Over: Sinking Creek

2.87-CraigCo;1.25-Rte460, Giles, VA

Built 1941 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,582

Curve Road/634

Good

Over: RTE 460 BP

0.10-RT 1237;2.47DEAD END, Giles, VA

Built 1981 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 982

OLD CHURCH RD/713

Good

Over: WALKER CREEK

0.00-RT670; 1.4-DEAD END, Giles, VA

Built 2008 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 61

COLLEGE STREET

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.08FR POPULAR;.05 TO NVI, Giles, VA

Built 1999 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 30

Wabash Road / 659

Good

Over: Branch of Wabash Creek

0.45-Rte 660;0.85-Rte 100, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 25

ROUTE 61

Good

Over: NEW RIVER & RTE 460

0.20-RTE 100;0.40-RTE 460, Giles, VA

Built 2013 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 4,896

Johns Creek Rd 632

Good

Over: Johns Creek

0.45-RT601; 0.13-END MAIN, Giles, VA

Built 1938 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 14

Poplar St./Rte710

Good

Over: Mill Creek

0.00-Rte652; 0.50-Narrows, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 189

Wabash Road/659

Good

Over: Wabash Creek

1.58-RT 660; 0.25-RT 100, Giles, VA

Built 1932 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 25

Big Stoney CrRd635

Good

Over: Stoney Creek

0.20-RT 629;1.30-RT 804, Giles, VA

Built 1973 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 323

Bridge Road / 739

Good

Over: Big Stoney Creek

0.00-Rt635; 0.00-endmaint, Giles, VA

Built 2004 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 78

Old Wolf Crk Rd724

Good

Over: Wolf Creek

0.21-RT61; 0.13-RT671, Giles, VA

Built 2007 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 333

CloverHolloCrRd601

Good

Over: Clover Hollow Creek

0.10-Rte639;0.90-Rte602, Giles, VA

Built 1973 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 65

CloverHolloCrRd601

Good

Over: Clover Hollow Creek

0.55-Rte639;0.45-Rte602, Giles, VA

Built 1973 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 65

MEMORIAL BLVD.

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.10 MAIN ST. 0.1 KIP., Giles, VA

Built 1999 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 100

Pul/Giles TrnP/100

Good

Over: Wet weather branch

0.16-Rte659; 0.46-Rte681, Giles, VA

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,427

SinkingCreekRd/772

Poor

Over: Sinking Creek

2.30-Rte771;0.45-Rte612, Giles, VA

Built 1967 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 588

Apache Rd./778

Poor

Over: Sinking Creek

0.20-Rte773;0.02-Rte460, Giles, VA

Built 1924 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 76

BUTT MTN. ROAD

Poor

Over: LAUREL CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Giles, VA

Built 2003 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50

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