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Gloucester County, VA

21 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.6% rated Good, 52.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

21
Public bridges
47.6%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Gloucester County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 14%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
21
public highway bridges
1977
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.

Gloucester County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Gloucester County ranks #18 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Gloucester County, Virginia contains 21 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.6% are rated “Good,” 52.4% “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.

Total bridges

21

Public highway bridges in Gloucester County

Good condition

47.6%

10 of 21 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.4%

11 of 21 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 21 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#18 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 21 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
47.6% (10)
Fair
52.4% (11)
Poor
0% (0)

61.9% of Gloucester County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

13 of the 21 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 47.6% 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 Gloucester County's bridges were built

21 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 5 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Gloucester County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Gloucester County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Charlottesville city County 24 20.8%
Richmond County 23 0%
Charles City County 22 9.1%
Westmoreland County 22 0%
Gloucester County (this page) 21 0%
Waynesboro city County 19 5.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (21 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1977 here).

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

All 21 Good 10 Fair 11 Poor 0

All bridges (21)

E&WBL JOHN CLAYTON

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM SWAMP

0.2M RTE17-6.1M MATHEWS_C, Gloucester, VA

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21,249

WBL J. CLAYTON HWY

Fair

Over: COW CREEK

1.7M RTE17-4.2M MATHEWS_C, Gloucester, VA

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,624

NB G WASH MEM HWY

Fair

Over: FOX MILL RUN

1.0M N17 BUS-0.8M S17 BUS, Gloucester, VA

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,958

FARYS MILL RD.

Fair

Over: BEAVER DAM SWAMP

2.4M RTE17-2.1M RTE607, Gloucester, VA

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,746

BELROI RD

Fair

Over: FOX MILL RUN

0.8M RTE615-1.0M RTE17, Gloucester, VA

Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,343

PROVIDENCE RD.

Fair

Over: TRIB. OF TIMBERNECK CK.

0.7M RTE17-0.8M RTE635, Gloucester, VA

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,410

PROVIDENCE RD.

Fair

Over: TIMBERNECK CREEK

1.3M RTE17-0.2M RTE635, Gloucester, VA

Built 1990 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 666

EBL J. CLAYTON HY.

Fair

Over: COW CREEK

1.7M RTE17-4.6M MATHEWS C, Gloucester, VA

Built 1938 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 10,624

(NBL) MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: FOX MILL RUN

0.3M RTE3- 9.9M RTE216, Gloucester, VA

Built 1964 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 10,570

TIDEMILL RD.

Fair

Over: NORTHWEST BR SARAH CREEK

0.4M RTE17-0.8M RTE216, Gloucester, VA

Built 1974 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 3,352

OLD PINETTA RD

Fair

Over: COFFEE CREEK

1.3M RTE614-0.3M RTE606, Gloucester, VA

Built 1960 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 197

SB G WASH MEM HWY

Good

Over: FOX MILL RUN

1.0M N17 BUS-0.8M S17 BUS, Gloucester, VA

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,916

GLENNS RD.

Good

Over: CARVERS CREEK

0.9M RTE601-0.8M RTE637, Gloucester, VA

Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,678

MAIN STREET (SBL)

Good

Over: FOX MILL RUN

0.3M RTE3 - 9.8M RTE216, Gloucester, VA

Built 2012 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 21,141

HICKORY FORK ROAD

Good

Over: CARTERS CREEK

1.6M Rte 17-1.0M Rte 632, Gloucester, VA

Built 2006 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 5,612

DUTTON ROAD

Good

Over: HARPERS CREEK

5.0M MATHEWS-7.0M RTE17, Gloucester, VA

Built 1941 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 2,697

Burkes Pond Rd.

Good

Over: Burkes Pond

1.4M Rte14-1.0M Rte 198, Gloucester, VA

Built 2015 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 1,117

CUNNINGHAM LANE

Good

Over: WILSON CREEK

0.4M RTE668-0.3MRTE628, Gloucester, VA

Built 2017 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 54

ALLMONDSVILLE RD

Good

Over: FOX CREEK

0.7M RTE606-0.8MRTE618, Gloucester, VA

Built 2018 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 122

DUTTON ROAD

Good

Over: FERRY CREEK

2.9M MATHEWS-9.1M RTE17, Gloucester, VA

Built 1938 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 2,792

ROARING SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: BEAVERDAM SWAMP

0.8M RTE17-1.5M DEAD END, Gloucester, VA

Built 1993 Load: 97.4 t ADT: 2,546

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