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James City County, VA

60 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 13.3% rated Good, 86.7% Fair, 0% Poor.

60
Public bridges: 13.3%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

James City County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 7%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 60
public highway bridges: 1977
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.

James City County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, James City County ranks #9 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). James City County, Virginia contains 60 public highway bridges. Roughly 13.3% are rated “Good,” 86.7% “Fair,” and 0% “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

Public highway bridges in James City County

Good condition

13.3%

8 of 60 rated 7-9

Fair condition

86.7%

52 of 60 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 60 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#9 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 60 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

13.3% (8)

Fair

86.7% (52)

Poor

0% (0)

38.3% of James City County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

23 of the 60 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 13.3% 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.

1930s

4
1940s

2
1950s

10
1960s

3
1970s

20
1980s

1
1990s

14
2000s

3
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest James City County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for James City County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Craig County	60	28.3%	68.3%	3.3%	1969
New Kent County	60	3.3%	90%	6.7%	1968
Newport News city County	60	51.7%	48.3%	0%	1985
James City County (this page)	60	13.3%	86.7%	0%	1977
Amelia County	58	20.7%	70.7%	8.6%	1975
Fluvanna County	55	40%	58.2%	1.8%	1974

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (60 bridges here).

Hamilton County, FL · 60 bridges
Hernando County, FL · 60 bridges
Madison County, FL · 60 bridges
Heard County, GA · 60 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1977 here).

San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges

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

All 60 Good 8 Fair 52 Poor 0

Fair-condition bridges (52)

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James City County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

38.3% of James City County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How James City 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

Fair-condition bridges (52)

COLONIAL PARKWAY

Route 199 EBL

Route 199 WBL

LOOP DRIVE

LOOP DRIVE

LOOP DRIVE

COLONIAL PARKWAY

COLONIAL PARKWAY

COLONIAL PARKWAY

LOOP DRIVE

Glass House Ferry

COLONIAL PARKWAY

John Tyler Mem Hwy

Ukrop Drive

News Road

Jolly Pond Road

Jamestown Rd

Route 60 EBL

Hickory Signpost

Route 30 EBL

Old Stage Rd Wbl

COLONIAL PARKWAY

Route 607

Route 30 SBL

Route 60 WBL

SR30 NBL

Route 601

Route 199 WBL

05000

Route 199 EBL

Longhill Rd

Jamestown Road

Route 199 WBL

EBL POCAHONTAS TR

Humelsine Parkway

Route 199 WBL

Route 199 EBL

Mill Pond Run

IS 64 EBL

IS 64 WBL

Route 199 NBL

Route 199 SBL

IS64 & FR137

I-64 Ebl

I-64 Wbl

Route 608

I-64 & F137

SR 199

Humelsine Pkwy

Hummelsine Parkway

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