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Goochland County, VA

87 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 13.8% rated Good, 85.1% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

87
Public bridges
13.8%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Goochland County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 26%
lowest Poor share in state
1.1%
Poor-condition share
87
public highway bridges
1981
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.

Goochland County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Goochland County ranks #34 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Goochland County, Virginia contains 87 public highway bridges. Roughly 13.8% are rated “Good,” 85.1% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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

87

Public highway bridges in Goochland County

Good condition

13.8%

12 of 87 rated 7-9

Fair condition

85.1%

74 of 87 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

1 of 87 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#34 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 87 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
13.8% (12)
Fair
85.1% (74)
Poor
1.1% (1)

Goochland County's Poor-condition bridges carry 178 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 178 crossings a day against 5,675 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 87 of 87 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

50.6% of Goochland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

44 of the 87 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 13.8% 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

TABSCOTT ROAD over JOHNSON CREEK, built 1969, carries 178 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 178 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Goochland County's bridges were built

87 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1981, 7 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Goochland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Goochland County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Greensville County 92 2.2%
Lunenburg County 88 14.8%
Roanoke city County 88 1.1%
Rappahannock County 87 5.7%
Goochland County (this page) 87 1.1%
Prince Edward County 82 6.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (87 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1981 here).

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

All 87 Good 12 Fair 74 Poor 1

All bridges (87)

ELK ISLAND ROAD

Fair

Over: NORTH BRANCH JAMES RIVER

0.59Fr DeadEnd & .64 To 6, Goochland, VA

Built 1973 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 80

OLD COLUMBIA ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE BYRD CREEK

0.10 Fr 603 & 2.0 To 606, Goochland, VA

Built 1950 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 452

HASKIN ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE LICKINGHOLE CREEK

1.59 Fr 625 & 1.54 To 6, Goochland, VA

Built 1955 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 190

ROCK CASTLE ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG LICKINGHOLE CREEK

2.53 Fr 625 & 1.20 To 6, Goochland, VA

Built 1954 Load: 22.9 t ADT: 1,037

BROAD STREET ROAD

Fair

Over: BR BIG LICKINGHOLE CRK

0.33 Fr 609 & 0.14 To 700, Goochland, VA

Built 1930 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 1,204

STATE FARM ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

0.61 FR 6 W & .12 TO 6 E, Goochland, VA

Built 1952 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 350

WEST BROAD STREET

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

0.63 Fr 635 & 0.94 To 632, Goochland, VA

Built 1932 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 2,525

RIVER ROAD WEST

Fair

Over: BIG LICKINGHOLE CREEK

1.61 Fr 615 & 1.03 To 600, Goochland, VA

Built 1930 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,008

RIVER ROAD WEST

Fair

Over: LITTLE LICKINGHOLE CREEK

.56 FR 675 & .81 TO 616, Goochland, VA

Built 1929 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,008

INTERSTATE 64 WBL

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF TUCKAHOE CREEK

4.72 Fr 617 & 1.68 To 623, Goochland, VA

Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,297

INTERSTATE 64 EBL

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF TUCKAHOE CREEK

4.95 Fr 617 & 1.66 To 623, Goochland, VA

Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,841

RIDDLES BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: BIG LICKINGHOLE CREEK

2.31 FR 615 & 1.5 TO 614, Goochland, VA

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 254

HOCKETT ROAD

Fair

Over: BROAD CREEK

1.10 Fr 668 & 2.83 To 250, Goochland, VA

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,437

FAIRGROUND ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

0.76 Fr 637 & 1.40 To 250, Goochland, VA

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,579

FAIRGROUND ROAD

Fair

Over: COURTHOUSE CREEK

0.56 Fr 522 & 1.10 To 634, Goochland, VA

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,614

POORHOUSE ROAD

Fair

Over: COURTHOUSE CREEK

0.50 FR 522 & 0.10 TO 672, Goochland, VA

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 675

POORHOUSE ROAD

Fair

Over: COURTHOUSE CREEK BRANCH

0.08 Fr 672 & 1.50 To 634, Goochland, VA

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 675

SHALLOW WELLL ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF GENITO CREEK

0.74 FR 654 & 0.91 TO 642, Goochland, VA

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 306

WHITEHALL ROAD

Fair

Over: ROCKETS WILD BOAR CREEK

0.40 Fr 611 & 1.50 To 614, Goochland, VA

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,897

SAINT MATTHEWS LN.

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF TUCKAHOE CK

0.60 Fr 250 & 0.11 To 622, Goochland, VA

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 972

TUCKAHOE CRK PARKW

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

.20Fr 623 .20To Cap One, Goochland, VA

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,915

DAVIS MILL RD.

Fair

Over: GRADYS BRANCH

1.20 Fr 606 & 1.70 To 687, Goochland, VA

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 177

CAMELBACK ROAD

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TR BEAVERDAM CK

0.60 Fr 637 & 0.83 To 250, Goochland, VA

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 674

SHEPPARD TOWN ROAD

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TRB BEAVERDAM CK

2.19 FR 634 & 1.79 TO 638, Goochland, VA

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 245

LONG POND ROAD

Fair

Over: BROAD BRANCH

0.2 FR 676/0.5 TO740, Goochland, VA

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 660

RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: GENITO CREEK

1.49 Fr 670 & 0.59 To 642, Goochland, VA

Built 1929 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 5,394

OILVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: INTERSTATE-64

0.55 Fr 250 & 0.41 To 702, Goochland, VA

Built 1967 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 10,032

ELK ISLAND ROAD

Fair

Over: BYRD CREEK

.49 FR 6 & 2.14 TO 667, Goochland, VA

Built 1971 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 106

THREE CHOPT ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG LICKINGHOLE CREEK

1.45 Fr 615 & 0.75 To 250, Goochland, VA

Built 1935 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 532

CEDAR PLAINS ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG LICKINGHOLE CREEK

2.81 FR 673 & 1.32 TO 615, Goochland, VA

Built 1994 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 269

PATTERSON AVE

Fair

Over: TUCKAHOE CREEK

1.29 FR 640 & 1.76 TO 157, Goochland, VA

Built 1971 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 22,352

RAMP E FROM 288NBL

Fair

Over: LITTLE TUCKAHOE CREEK

0.10 288 NBL 0.10 64 EBL, Goochland, VA

Built 2003 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 6,363

COMMUNITY HOUSE RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE BYRD CREEK

0.90 Fr 603 & 0.05 To 648, Goochland, VA

Built 1993 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 337

RTE 288 RAMP A

Fair

Over: RT 740 & RAMP-D /TC PKWY

.37/288 SBL .06 Cap. One, Goochland, VA

Built 2003 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 1,000

ROUTE 288 SBL

Fair

Over: TUCKAHOE CREEK

.69FR250&3.14ToWestCk, Goochland, VA

Built 1997 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 23,855

Sheppard Town Rd.

Fair

Over: Beaverdam Creek

2.49 Fr 634 & 1.49 To 638, Goochland, VA

Built 1986 Load: 48.4 t ADT: 245

SBL ROUTE 288

Fair

Over: RTE 1250(WEST CRK PRKWY)

1.00 Fr 6 & 1.34 To 740, Goochland, VA

Built 2003 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 20,739

RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: ROUTE 288

0.03 Fr 624 & 0.66 To 647, Goochland, VA

Built 2003 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 2,332

ASHLAND ROAD

Fair

Over: RTE I 64

.36 FR 622 & 1.89 TO 685, Goochland, VA

Built 1967 Load: 49.7 t ADT: 10,565

MAIDENS ROAD

Fair

Over: CSX TRANSP

0.70 Fr 313 & 0.20 to 6, Goochland, VA

Built 1972 Load: 51.5 t ADT: 8,774

NBL ROUTE 288

Fair

Over: RTE 1250 (WEST CRK PRKWY

1.00 Fr 6 & 1.34 To 740, Goochland, VA

Built 2003 Load: 52.0 t ADT: 20,739

NEWLINE ROAD

Fair

Over: INTERSTATE-64

0.34 Fr 700 & 0.61 To 619, Goochland, VA

Built 1969 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 449

PONY FARM RD.

Fair

Over: INTERSTATE-64

0.60 Fr 250 & 0.10 To 636, Goochland, VA

Built 1968 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 333

RIVER ROAD WEST

Fair

Over: CHENEYS CREEK

0.08 Fr 607 & 1.03 To 630, Goochland, VA

Built 1994 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 5,899

RIVER ROAD WEST

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.03 Fr 607 & 0.04 To 607, Goochland, VA

Built 1994 Load: 53.4 t ADT: 5,899

ROCKVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: INTERSTATE 64

1.10 Fr 708 & 0.44 To 660, Goochland, VA

Built 1967 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 2,236

SHALLOW WELL ROAD

Fair

Over: INTERSTATE-64

0.33 Fr 612 & 0.11 To 626, Goochland, VA

Built 1967 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 461

PARRISH ROAD

Fair

Over: INTERSTATE-64

0.25 Fr 653 & 0.04 To 683, Goochland, VA

Built 1969 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 51

I-64 EBL

Fair

Over: LITTLE TUCKAHOE CREEK

1.30 FR 623 & .33 TO HCL, Goochland, VA

Built 2015 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 36,439

I-64 WBL

Fair

Over: LITTLE TUCKAHOE CREEK

.33 FR HCL & 1.3 to 623, Goochland, VA

Built 2015 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 36,343

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