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Norfolk city County, VA

199 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 15.6% rated Good, 84.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

199
Public bridges: 15.6%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Norfolk city County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 2%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 199
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.

Norfolk city County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Norfolk city County ranks #3 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Norfolk city County, Virginia contains 199 public highway bridges. Roughly 15.6% are rated “Good,” 84.4% “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

199

Public highway bridges in Norfolk city County

Good condition

15.6%

31 of 199 rated 7-9

Fair condition

84.4%

168 of 199 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 199 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#3 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 199 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

15.6% (31)

Fair

84.4% (168)

Poor

0% (0)

49.2% of Norfolk city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

98 of the 199 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 15.6% 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

2
1940s

2
1950s

7
1960s

57
1970s

48
1980s

26
1990s

43
2000s

2
2010s

10
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 57 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1979, 5 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Norfolk city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is 10 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Norfolk city County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bedford County	204	52%	45.1%	2.9%	1967
Roanoke County	204	37.7%	62.3%	0%	1969
Botetourt County	202	29.2%	70.8%	0%	1968
Norfolk city County (this page)	199	15.6%	84.4%	0%	1979
Alleghany County	197	27.9%	68%	4.1%	1966
Montgomery County	196	44.9%	52.6%	2.6%	1975

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (199 bridges here).

Montgomery County, AR · 199 bridges
Warren County, IL · 199 bridges
Dallas County, IA · 199 bridges
Leake County, MS · 199 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges

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

All 199 Good 31 Fair 168 Poor 0

Fair-condition bridges (168)

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Norfolk city County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

49.2% of Norfolk city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Norfolk 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 (168)

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Frontage Road

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SR 337 SBL

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TIDEWATER DRIVE

VA.BEACH BLVD.

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US 460 Alt EBL

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Tidewater Drive

SR 337

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SR 247 Norview Ave

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