Total bridges
13
Public highway bridges in Manassas city County
County profile · official public datasets
13 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.8% rated Good, 69.2% Fair, 0% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Manassas city County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Manassas city County ranks #21 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Manassas city County, Virginia contains 13 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.8% are rated “Good,” 69.2% “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
13
Public highway bridges in Manassas city County
Good condition
30.8%
4 of 13 rated 7-9
Fair condition
69.2%
9 of 13 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 13 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#21 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 13 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
2 of the 13 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 30.8% 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.
13 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1960–1969
1 bridges
1970–1979
1 bridges
1980–1989
4 bridges
1990–1999
5 bridges
2000–2009
1 bridges
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 5 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 15 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Manassas city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 15 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland County | 16 | 31.3% | 62.5% | 6.3% | 1985 |
| Norton city County | 13 | 7.7% | 69.2% | 23.1% | 1967 |
| Manassas city County (this page) | 13 | 30.8% | 69.2% | 0% | 1989 |
| Northampton County | 12 | 75% | 16.7% | 8.3% | 1981 |
| Williamsburg city County | 12 | 41.7% | 50% | 8.3% | 1959 |
| Martinsville city County | 10 | 40% | 60% | 0% | 1976 |
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 Manassas city County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Manassas city County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside VA (13 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1989 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: COCKRELL BRANCH
00.20 W OF DUMFRIES RD., Manassas city, VA
Over: TRIB. OF CANNON BRANCH
00.05 S OF NOKESVILLE RD., Manassas city, VA
Over: WINTER BRANCH
00.20 E OF PRINCE WM. ST., Manassas city, VA
Over: CANNON BR
1.05FR674/0.25TO28 S.B., Manassas city, VA
Over: WINTER BRANCH
00.12 W OF HASTINGS, Manassas city, VA
Over: FLAT BRANCH
00.08FR1004/00.05TO661, Manassas city, VA
Over: WELLINGTON & RAILROAD
01.18 Godwin 01.00 234, Manassas city, VA
Over: CANNON BRANCH
00.40FR000/00.10TO000, Manassas city, VA
Over: FLAT BRANCH TRIB.
00.03 FROM GAITHER ST., Manassas city, VA
Over: COCKRELL BRANCH
00.01 MI. S. OF HASTINGS, Manassas city, VA
Over: CANNON BRANCH
0.80FR782/0.02TOGODWIN DR, Manassas city, VA
Over: COCKRELL BRANCH
00.01 W OF DUMFRIES RD., Manassas city, VA
Over: NS RAILWAY
00.45FR28/00.55TO689, Manassas city, VA
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.