Total bridges
87
Public highway bridges in Goochland County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
26 bridges
- 1970s 7
1970–1979
7 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s 7
2010–2019
7 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.
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensville County | 92 | 21.7% | 76.1% | 2.2% | 1966 |
| Lunenburg County | 88 | 33% | 52.3% | 14.8% | 1969 |
| Roanoke city County | 88 | 39.8% | 59.1% | 1.1% | 1972 |
| Rappahannock County | 87 | 37.9% | 56.3% | 5.7% | 1960 |
| Goochland County (this page) | 87 | 13.8% | 85.1% | 1.1% | 1981 |
| Prince Edward County | 82 | 42.7% | 51.2% | 6.1% | 1978 |
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).
- Modoc County, CA · 87 bridges
- Hendry County, FL · 87 bridges
- Adams County, ID · 87 bridges
- Humboldt County, IA · 87 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (87)
ROUTE 288 NBL
FairOver: TUCKAHOE CREEK
1.82 Fr 740 & 0.51 To 250, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 55.8 t ADT: 23,855
PERKINSVILLE ROAD
FairOver: INTERSTATE-64 EBL
0.40 Fr 250 & 1.2 To 702, Goochland, VA
Built 1968 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 227
PERKINSVILLE ROAD
FairOver: INTERSTATE-64 WBL
0.40 Fr 250 & 1.2 To 702, Goochland, VA
Built 1968 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 227
OLD COLUMBIA RD.
FairOver: BIG BYRD CREEK
2.10 Fr 697 & 0.40 To 651, Goochland, VA
Built 1973 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 257
WALTON ROAD
FairOver: INTERSTATE-64
0.33 Fr 699 & 0.72 To 606, Goochland, VA
Built 1969 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 493
OLD FRDRCKSBRG RD
FairOver: INTERSTATE-64
0.74 Fr 250 & 1.03 To 718, Goochland, VA
Built 1969 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 2,222
MANAKIN ROAD
FairOver: INTERSTATE 64
0.71 Fr 694 & 0.53 To 626, Goochland, VA
Built 1967 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 1,900
ROUTE 288 SBL
FairOver: BROAD BRANCH
.63 Fr 1250 & 3.20 to 250, Goochland, VA
Built 1997 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 20,739
BROAD STREET RD
FairOver: TUCKAHOE CREEK
.35 Fr 1010 & .11 To 1001, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 14,563
MANAKIN ROAD
FairOver: BIG TUCKAHOE CREEK
0.38 Fr 250 & 1.12 To 694, Goochland, VA
Built 1991 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 1,891
RAMP H FROM 64 WBL
FairOver: RTE 64 & LIT TUCKAHOE CK
0.05 64 WBL 0.40 288 SBL, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 6,474
ROUTE 288 SBL
FairOver: ROUTE 250 (BROAD STREET)
2.40 Fr 740 &0.80 To I-64, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 62.8 t ADT: 21,640
ROUTE 288 NBL
FairOver: ROUTE 250 (BROAD STREET)
2.40 Fr 740 & .80 To I-64, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 65.4 t ADT: 21,640
BROAD STREET ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE TUCKAHOE CREEK
.18 Fr 288&0.10 To Hen CL, Goochland, VA
Built 1999 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 34,587
CAPITAL ONE DRIVE
FairOver: BROAD BRANCH CREEK
.63 MI FR 1250, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 70.2 t ADT: 1,929
SHANNON HILL ROAD
FairOver: INTERSTATE-64
.39Fr653&.42toLouisaCL, Goochland, VA
Built 1969 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 2,356
ROUTE 6
FairOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
0.11 Fr 310 & 0.46 To 310, Goochland, VA
Built 1952 Load: 73.8 t ADT: 4,405
RIVER ROAD WEST
FairOver: DOVER CREEK
0.60 Fr 644 & 1.18 To 676, Goochland, VA
Built 1961 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,394
INTERSTATE 64 WBL
FairOver: ANDERSON CREEK
6.25 FR 617 & .35 TO 623, Goochland, VA
Built 1967 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 23,297
INTERSTATE 64 EBL
FairOver: ANDERSON CREEK
6.14 FR 617 & .51 TO 623, Goochland, VA
Built 1967 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 23,841
ROUTE 288
FairOver: WET WEATHER STREAM
2.75W. Crk Pkw 1.08To250, Goochland, VA
Built 1997 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 47,711
ROUTE 288 & RAMP B
FairOver: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY
0.30 Fr 6 & 0.70 To 1250, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 40,856
WHITEHALL ROAD
FairOver: BIG LICKINGHOLE CREEK
1.70 Fr 615 & 0.50 To 611, Goochland, VA
Built 1992 Load: 90.5 t ADT: 773
RIVER ROAD WEST
FairOver: BRANCH OF JAMES RIVER
1.24 Fr 644 & 0.11 To 676, Goochland, VA
Built 1975 Load: 90.6 t ADT: 5,394
MAIDENS ROAD
GoodOver: COURTHOUSE CREEK
0.05 Fr 6 & 0.80 To 730, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,514
TUCKAHOE CREEK PKW
GoodOver: ROUTE 288
.93Fr 623& .68To Dead End, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 2,915
RMP A FLYOVER
GoodOver: ROUTE 288
.35FRCAP ONE .45TO288 NBL, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,000
DAVIS MILL ROAD
GoodOver: TARRANT CREEK
1.9 FR 606 & 1.0 TO 687, Goochland, VA
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 177
ASHLAND ROAD
GoodOver: TUCKAHOE CREEK
0.5 MI FR 250, Goochland, VA
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,565
DAVIS MILL ROAD
GoodOver: TRIB. LICKINGHOLE CK
0.70 FR 687 & 1.5 TO 673, Goochland, VA
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 177
RIVER ROAD WEST
GoodOver: BYRD
1.51 Fr 603 & 1.02 To 608, Goochland, VA
Built 1963 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,863
RAMP-G FR 288 NBL
GoodOver: I-64 & RAMP H FR 64 WBL
0.10 288 NBL 0.30 64 WBL, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 59.1 t ADT: 3,338
ROUTE 6
GoodOver: ROUTE 288
0.23 Fr 1250 & .40 To 647, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 20,552
BROAD BRANCH DRIVE
GoodOver: ROUTE 288
.42Fr 1250&.48To Dead End, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 1,929
ROUTE 288 NBL
GoodOver: BROAD BRANCH
.53 Fr 1250 & 0.79 To 740, Goochland, VA
Built 2003 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 20,739
RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: TUCKAHOE CREEK
1.69Fr 649&.03 Henrico CL, Goochland, VA
Built 1950 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 2,332
TABSCOTT ROAD
PoorOver: JOHNSON CREEK
2.90 FR 610 & 0.10 TO 688, Goochland, VA
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 178
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