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Newport News city County, VA

60 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.7% rated Good, 48.3% Fair, 0% Poor.

60
Public bridges: 51.7%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Newport News city County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 8%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 60
public highway bridges: 1985
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.

Newport News city County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Newport News city County ranks #10 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Newport News city County, Virginia contains 60 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.7% are rated “Good,” 48.3% “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 Newport News city County

Good condition

51.7%

31 of 60 rated 7-9

Fair condition

48.3%

29 of 60 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 60 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#10 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

51.7% (31)

Fair

48.3% (29)

Poor

0% (0)

30% of Newport News city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

18 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 51.7% 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.

pre-1900

1
1930s

3
1940s

1
1950s

2
1960s

10
1970s

3
1980s

10
1990s

11
2000s

9
2010s

6
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 11 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 11 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

How Newport News city County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Newport News 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 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Newport News 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
James City County	60	13.3%	86.7%	0%	1977
New Kent County	60	3.3%	90%	6.7%	1968
Newport News city County (this page)	60	51.7%	48.3%	0%	1985
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 Newport News 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 Newport News 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 (1985 here).

Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges

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

All 60 Good 31 Fair 29 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (31)

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Newport News city County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

30% of Newport News city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Newport News 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

Good-condition bridges (31)

MULBERRY ISLAND RO

Jefferson Ave.

Bland Blvd.

Warwick Blvd.

BELLWOOD ROAD

GWYNN CIRCLE

SBL ROUTE 0017

Jefferson Avenue

KNOLLS DRIVE

ASPEN MEADOW LANE

25TH STREET

Denbigh Blvd

SHELLABARGER DR

Bland Blvd.

ATKINSON BLVD.

City Center Blvd

BEECHMONT DRIVE

WARWICK BLVD.

FREEDOM WAY

HUNTINGTON AVE.

FORT EUSTIS BLVD

Lucas Creek Road

OLD COURTHOUSE WAY

20TH STREET

Fort Eustis Blvd.

16TH STREET

2ND ACCESS ROAD

HRCP EBL

HRCP WBL

Atkinson Blvd

WASHINGTON AVE.

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