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Henrico County, VA

352 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 15.6% rated Good, 80.1% Fair, 4.3% Poor.

352
Public bridges
15.6%
Good condition
4.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Henrico County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

75th
of 129 on Poor share
4.3%
Poor-condition share
352
public highway bridges
1978
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.

Henrico County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henrico County ranks #75 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Henrico County, Virginia contains 352 public highway bridges. Roughly 15.6% are rated “Good,” 80.1% “Fair,” and 4.3% “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

352

Public highway bridges in Henrico County

Good condition

15.6%

55 of 352 rated 7-9

Fair condition

80.1%

282 of 352 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.3%

15 of 352 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#75 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 352 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
15.6% (55)
Fair
80.1% (282)
Poor
4.3% (15)

Henrico County's Poor-condition bridges carry 307,718 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 20,515 crossings a day against 10,603 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 352 of 352 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

41.2% of Henrico County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

145 of the 352 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 15.6% 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.

One structure carries 23.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

ROUTE 0195 over RTE 197 & CSX TRANSP. RR, built 1974, carries 73,235 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 15-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 307,718 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Henrico County's bridges were built

352 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 85 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Henrico County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Henrico County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Augusta County 357 2.8%
Henrico County (this page) 352 4.3%
Chesterfield County 322 2.5%
Prince William County 303 1.3%
Rockingham County 288 3.1%
Buchanan County 283 4.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (352 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1978 here).

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

All 352 Good 55 Fair 282 Poor 15

Fair-condition bridges (282)

BUFFIN ROAD

Fair

Over: SBL ROUTE 0295

1.3Fr5&.81toKingsland Rd, Henrico, VA

Built 1987 Load: 71.5 t ADT: 500

PATTERSON AVENUE

Fair

Over: CABIN BRANCH

.03FR157&.34toLakewater, Henrico, VA

Built 1970 Load: 72.3 t ADT: 21,286

NBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: NS RAILWAY

2.0 FR 156 & 0.16 TO I-64, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 13,314

SBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: ROUTE 5

6.0 FR 60 & 4.13 ChesteCL, Henrico, VA

Built 1987 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 20,216

NBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: ROUTE 5

4.13FRCHESCL&6.0TO60, Henrico, VA

Built 1987 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 19,067

SBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: NS RAILWAY

2.0 FR 156 & 0.16 TO I-64, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 12,815

WBL RTE 0064 COLL

Fair

Over: NS RAILWAY

0.2564 WB CR 0.25295 NB C, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 6,104

SBL RTE 0295 COLL

Fair

Over: RTE I 64 & CD RDS

2.11 FR 156 & 0.9 TO 33, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 75.0 t ADT: 4,073

NBL I-95

Fair

Over: ROUTE 0095 CONNECTIONS

0.36I-295 & 1.31HANOV CO, Henrico, VA

Built 1980 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 67,435

NBL RTE 0295 COLL

Fair

Over: RTE I-64 & CD RDS

0.84 FR 33 & 2.12 TO 156, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 76.8 t ADT: 4,636

MEADOW ROAD

Fair

Over: ROUTE I-295

0.2 DRYBRGE & 0.2 GRPEVIN, Henrico, VA

Built 1978 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 741

NBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: RTE I 64 & CD RD

0.84 FR 33 & 2.12 TO 156, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 13,314

RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: ROUTE 150

.21 BERKSHIRE .25 CNTRYSD, Henrico, VA

Built 1990 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 12,549

NEW OSBORNE TURNPK

Fair

Over: ALMOND CREEK

.07 BICKERSTF .1 SCL RICH, Henrico, VA

Built 1931 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,032

CAROLINA AVENUE

Fair

Over: HORSESWAMP CREEK

.70 LABURNUM .88 RICH HEN, Henrico, VA

Built 1971 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,607

BETHLEHEM ROAD

Fair

Over: UPHAM BROOK

0.42 TO GLENSIDE DRIVE, Henrico, VA

Built 1967 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,680

STAPLES MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: HORSEPEN BRANCH

0.1 I-64 W & .11 DICKENS, Henrico, VA

Built 1964 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20,824

EBL ROUTE 0064

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

0.17GOOCH CO 2.17I 295 EB, Henrico, VA

Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 36,439

WBL ROUTE 0064

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

0.17GOOCH CO 2.17I 295 WB, Henrico, VA

Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 36,343

EBL ROUTE 0064

Fair

Over: MILLS CREEK

0.80GOOCH CO 1.54I 295 WB, Henrico, VA

Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 36,439

WBL ROUTE 0064

Fair

Over: MILLS CREEK

0.82GOOCH CO 1.52I 295 WB, Henrico, VA

Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 36,343

ROUTE 0064

Fair

Over: GILLIES CREEK

1.43 TO 33 & 0.8 LABUR AV, Henrico, VA

Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 64,877

ROUTE 0095

Fair

Over: FLIPPEN CREEK

.60 TO 2(301) 7 1.10 TO73, Henrico, VA

Built 1962 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 100,459

I-95 NB & SB CONNS

Fair

Over: TURNER RUN

.8 FR I295 & .6 TO I95, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 24,635

WBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

0.18 FR 1 & 0.34 TO I-95, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 19,971

RIDGEFIELD PARKWAY

Fair

Over: FLAT BRANCH

0.70 CAMBR 0.20 GLEN EAGL, Henrico, VA

Built 1991 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 11,378

POCAHONTAS PARKWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.7 FR I-295, Henrico, VA

Built 2002 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,844

OAKLAND ROAD

Fair

Over: ALMOND CREEK

.12 OLD OAKLD .05 OAKVALE, Henrico, VA

Built 1998 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,048

NBL ROUTE 0095CONN

Fair

Over: NBL ROUTE 0295

.60 I295 NBL/.80 I95 NBL, Henrico, VA

Built 1980 Load: 90.5 t ADT: 12,317

HILLIARD ROAD

Fair

Over: NORTH RUN

.72 TO 356 & .02 TO 1, Henrico, VA

Built 1947 Load: 90.5 t ADT: 6,220

WBL ROUTE 0295

Fair

Over: ALLENS BRANCH

.81 TO 64 & .89 TO NUCKOL, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 90.6 t ADT: 29,326

LOOP B OF I-295

Fair

Over: ALLENS BRANCH

0.25 NUCKOLS & 0.05 I-295, Henrico, VA

Built 1979 Load: 90.6 t ADT: 1,576

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