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King and Queen County, VA

32 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.3% rated Good, 59.4% Fair, 9.4% Poor.

32
Public bridges: 31.3%
Good condition: 9.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

King and Queen County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

112th
of 129 on Poor share: 9.4%
Poor-condition share: 32
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.

King and Queen County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, King and Queen County ranks #112 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.4%). King and Queen County, Virginia contains 32 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.3% are rated “Good,” 59.4% “Fair,” and 9.4% “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 King and Queen County

Good condition

31.3%

10 of 32 rated 7-9

Fair condition

59.4%

19 of 32 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.4%

3 of 32 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#112 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 32 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

31.3% (10)

Fair

59.4% (19)

Poor

9.4% (3)

King and Queen County's Poor-condition bridges carry 684 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 228 crossings a day against 952 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 32 of 32 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

68.8% of King and Queen County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

22 of the 32 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 31.3% 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.

One structure carries 68% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

THE TRAIL over GARNETTS CREEK, built 1974, carries 465 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 684 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

2
1940s

1
1950s

3
1960s

12
1970s

4
1990s

2
2010s

4
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 37.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Virginia average (1974).

How King and Queen County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest King and Queen County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for King and Queen County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bristol city County	34	35.3%	50%	14.7%	1954
Harrisonburg city County	34	44.1%	41.2%	14.7%	1977
King William County	32	25%	75%	0%	1976
King and Queen County (this page)	32	31.3%	59.4%	9.4%	1977
Accomack County	31	35.5%	61.3%	3.2%	1990
Surry County	31	25.8%	74.2%	0%	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 King and Queen 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 King and Queen County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (32 bridges here).

Alpine County, CA · 32 bridges
Lincoln County, GA · 32 bridges
Butte County, ID · 32 bridges
Alpena County, MI · 32 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 32 Good 10 Fair 19 Poor 3

All bridges (32)

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King and Queen County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

King and Queen County's Poor-condition bridges carry 684 vehicle crossings a day

68.8% of King and Queen County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 68% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How King and Queen 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 (32)

SPRING COTTAGE RD.

LILLY POND RD.

WARES CHURCH ROAD

DUCK POND RD.

NEWTOWN RD.

UNION HOPE ROAD

INDIAN NECK ROAD

THE TRAIL

THE TRAIL

THE TRAIL

LOMBARDY RD.

NEWTOWN RD.

BEACH BLVD

WALKERTON RD.

NORWOOD RD.

LILLY POND ROAD

FISH HATCHERY RD.

DRAGONVILLE RD.

SORGHUM ROAD

OWENS MILL RD.

CLANCIE RD.

WALKERTON ROAD

MANTUA RD.

FLEETS MILL ROAD

WHITE HOUSE LN

THE TRAIL

POOR HOUSE LN

OWENS MILL ROAD

NEWTOWN ROAD

ROCK SPRING ROAD

THE TRAIL

PIEDMONT RD.

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