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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.

Compiled by PlainBridges

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.

1920s

1
1930s

2
1940s

6
1950s

39
1960s

85
1970s

75
1980s

72
1990s

24
2000s

30
2010s

16
2020s

2

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Henrico County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
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.

All 352 Good 55 Fair 282 Poor 15

All bridges (352)

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Henrico County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

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

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

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

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (352)

BUFFIN ROAD

PATTERSON AVENUE

NBL ROUTE 0295

SBL ROUTE 0295

NBL ROUTE 0295

SBL ROUTE 0295

WBL RTE 0064 COLL

SBL RTE 0295 COLL

NBL I-95

NBL RTE 0295 COLL

MEADOW ROAD

NBL ROUTE 0295

RIVER ROAD

NEW OSBORNE TURNPK

CAROLINA AVENUE

BETHLEHEM ROAD

STAPLES MILL ROAD

EBL ROUTE 0064

WBL ROUTE 0064

EBL ROUTE 0064

WBL ROUTE 0064

ROUTE 0064

ROUTE 0095

I-95 NB & SB CONNS

WBL ROUTE 0295

RIDGEFIELD PARKWAY

POCAHONTAS PARKWAY

OAKLAND ROAD

NBL ROUTE 0095CONN

HILLIARD ROAD

WBL ROUTE 0295

LOOP B OF I-295

FLYOVER TO 295 EBL

KINGSLAND ROAD

MOUNTAIN ROAD

LABURNUM AVE

HUNGARY ROAD

WHITE OAK CREEK DR

ALLENBEND ROAD

Hungry Road

Arlington Circle

Waterfront Place

Grey Oaks Park Ln

Barrington Br Pl

Hungary Spring Rd

Mayland Road

Eastside Road

Mount Glen Parkway

WILLSON ROAD

NORTH GAYTON ROAD

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