Total bridges
352
Public highway bridges in Henrico County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
39 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
85 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
75 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
72 bridges
- 1990s 24
1990–1999
24 bridges
- 2000s 30
2000–2009
30 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 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).
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta County | 357 | 34.7% | 62.5% | 2.8% | 1969 |
| Henrico County (this page) | 352 | 15.6% | 80.1% | 4.3% | 1978 |
| Chesterfield County | 322 | 20.8% | 76.7% | 2.5% | 1984 |
| Prince William County | 303 | 54.5% | 44.2% | 1.3% | 1989 |
| Rockingham County | 288 | 53.1% | 43.8% | 3.1% | 1972 |
| Buchanan County | 283 | 12% | 83.4% | 4.6% | 1967 |
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).
- Peoria County, IL · 352 bridges
- Union County, NC · 353 bridges
- Weakley County, TN · 351 bridges
- Whatcom County, WA · 354 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (15)
LAKESIDE AVENUE
PoorOver: NORTH RUN
0.60 FR 161 & 0.30 TO 1, Henrico, VA
Built 1954 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 7,213
WESTHAM PARKWAY
PoorOver: LITTLE WESTHAM CREEK
.05 BALDWIN .05 BEECHWOOD, Henrico, VA
Built 1979 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,158
SCOTT ROAD
PoorOver: I 95
0.40 FR 1 & 1.30 MAG PKWY, Henrico, VA
Built 1962 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 550
DUMBARTON ROAD
PoorOver: ROUTE 0095
0.10WILMER AV & 0.25 TO 1, Henrico, VA
Built 1958 Load: 31.9 t ADT: 9,518
NINE MILE ROAD
PoorOver: I-64
.12 ECL RICH.65 DAB HOUSE, Henrico, VA
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,284
ROUTE I-195 NBL
PoorOver: BELLEVUE AVE.
.26 Fr 64 EB & .22To95NBL, Henrico, VA
Built 1967 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 26,406
MEADOW ROAD
PoorOver: BOAR SWAMP
2.40 GRAPEVINE RD 0.40 60, Henrico, VA
Built 1954 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 570
PARHAM ROAD
PoorOver: CSX RAILWAY
.25 FR 33 .83 TO WOODMAN, Henrico, VA
Built 1967 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 23,729
PEMBERTON ROAD
PoorOver: I-64 & RAMPS GASKIN RD
0.36T CHOP RD & 0.78 250, Henrico, VA
Built 1967 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 8,664
SBL CHAMBERLAYNE
PoorOver: RTE I 95
0.44 TO I-95 & 0.71 NCL R, Henrico, VA
Built 1962 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 5,609
SKIPWITH ROAD
PoorOver: ROUTE 0064
0.51HUNGY SPR0.50FOREST A, Henrico, VA
Built 1967 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 9,838
ROUTE 0195
PoorOver: RTE 197 & CSX TRANSP. RR
.02 NL RICH & 0.00SL RICH, Henrico, VA
Built 1974 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 73,235
NBL I-195
PoorOver: CSX TRANSP
.04 FR 250 & .41 TO NCL, Henrico, VA
Built 1975 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 37,939
RAMP TO 5TH & 95S
PoorOver: ROUTE I-95
.22 64 WBL .04 5TH/DUVAL, Henrico, VA
Built 1958 Load: 72.2 t ADT: 13,128
Interstate 64
PoorOver: STONY RUN
.36 TO 33 & 1.82 LABURNUM, Henrico, VA
Built 1968 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 64,877
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