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Isle of Wight County, VA

80 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30% rated Good, 65% Fair, 5% Poor.

80
Public bridges
30%
Good condition
5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Isle of Wight County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

84th
of 129 on Poor share
5%
Poor-condition share
80
public highway bridges
1979
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.

Isle of Wight County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Isle of Wight County ranks #84 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5%). Isle of Wight County, Virginia contains 80 public highway bridges. Roughly 30% are rated “Good,” 65% “Fair,” and 5% “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

80

Public highway bridges in Isle of Wight County

Good condition

30%

24 of 80 rated 7-9

Fair condition

65%

52 of 80 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5%

4 of 80 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#84 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 80 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
30% (24)
Fair
65% (52)
Poor
5% (4)

Isle of Wight County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,721 vehicle crossings a day

That is 7.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,930 crossings a day against 785 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 80 of 80 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

48.8% of Isle of Wight County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

39 of the 80 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 30% 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 90.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

South Church St over Cypress Creek, built 1975, carries 10,582 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 11,721 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Isle of Wight County's bridges were built

80 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1979, 5 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

How Isle of Wight County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Isle of Wight County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Isle of Wight County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Prince Edward County 82 6.1%
Warren County 81 1.2%
Lynchburg city County 80 2.5%
Madison County 80 6.3%
Isle of Wight County (this page) 80 5%
Dickenson County 76 1.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (80 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1979 here).

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

All 80 Good 24 Fair 52 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (24)

Tomlin Hill Road

Good

Over: Pope Swamp

0.50 MI.FR.INT.RTE:644, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 527

Thomas Wood Trail

Good

Over: Blackwater River

0.10 MI.FR. SOHAM-CO., Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1970 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 978

Orbit Road

Good

Over: Nuby Run

0.80 Miles from Route 600, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2014 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 393

MILL CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: BURNT MILL SWAMP

1.30 Miles from Route 641, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2022 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 207

Rescue Road

Good

Over: Jones Creek

0.75 MI.FR.INT.RTE.1003, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 869

Longview Drive

Good

Over: Pagan Creek

1.20 Mile from Route 600, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2015 Load: 48.2 t ADT: 763

Wrenns Mill Road

Good

Over: Wrenns Mill Spillway

0.55 MI.FR.INT.RTE. 673, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1946 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 142

ENNIS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: ENNIS POND

1.15 Miles from Route 606, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2022 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 286

Longview Drive

Good

Over: Chuckatuck Creek

0.70 Miles from Route 600, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2023 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 431

Camp Family Hwy

Good

Over: Beaverdam Swamp

01.18 TO_RTE 58 BUSINESS, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2001 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 1,339

Stallings Creek Rd

Good

Over: Stallings Creek

0.95 Mi fr Rte. 683, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2016 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 362

Mill Swamp Road

Good

Over: Passenger Swamp

0.1 Mile From Rte 680, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2016 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 239

Whippingham Pkwy

Good

Over: Ragged Island Creek

0.50 Mile from Route 17, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2017 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 536

Beaverdam Road

Good

Over: Beaverdam Swamp

0.80 Miles from Route 258, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1996 Load: 54.3 t ADT: 231

Carrsville Highway

Good

Over: Route 632 & CSX Railroad

1.65 miles from Rte 615, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2017 Load: 54.9 t ADT: 2,967

Raynor Road

Good

Over: Branch Pouches Swamp

0.25 MI.FR.INT.RTE. 625, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1996 Load: 58.5 t ADT: 162

Scotts Factory Rd

Good

Over: Champion Swamp

1.10 Mi.Fr.Int.Rte. 644, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1976 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 1,888

Rescue Road

Good

Over: Branch Jones Creek

0.60 MI.FR.INT.RTE. 1002, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2004 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 869

DEWS PLANTATION RD

Good

Over: STALLINGS CREEK

0.30 Miles to Route 623, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2023 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 84

Jones Town Road

Good

Over: Branch Rattlesnake Swamp

0.57 Miles from Route 646, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1945 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 268

Bows & Arrows Road

Good

Over: Ducks Swamp

0.20 Miles from Route 258, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1952 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 636

Camp Family Hwy

Good

Over: Lees Mill Road

00.75 TO RTE. 58 BUSINESS, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2002 Load: 69.4 t ADT: 1,339

Camp Family Hwy

Good

Over: NS Railroad

0.87 Miles to Route 58, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 2001 Load: 84.0 t ADT: 1,339

Gatling Pointe Pky

Good

Over: Branch Jones Creek

0.01 Miles from Route 704, Isle of Wight, VA

Built 1996 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,975

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