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Nottoway County, VA

67 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35.8% rated Good, 59.7% Fair, 4.5% Poor.

67
Public bridges: 35.8%
Good condition: 4.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

78th
of 129 on Poor share: 4.5%
Poor-condition share: 67
public highway bridges: 1975
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.

Nottoway County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Nottoway County ranks #78 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.5%). Nottoway County, Virginia contains 67 public highway bridges. Roughly 35.8% are rated “Good,” 59.7% “Fair,” and 4.5% “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 Nottoway County

Good condition

35.8%

24 of 67 rated 7-9

Fair condition

59.7%

40 of 67 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.5%

3 of 67 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#78 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 67 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

35.8% (24)

Fair

59.7% (40)

Poor

4.5% (3)

Nottoway County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,006 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 669 crossings a day against 649 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 67 of 67 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

56.7% of Nottoway County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

38 of the 67 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 35.8% 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.

One structure carries 86.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

LEWISTON PLANK RD. over MALLORYS CREEK, built 1974, carries 1,736 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 2,006 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

2
1940s

7
1950s

9
1960s

13
1970s

13
1980s

5
1990s

8
2000s

1
2010s

8
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Nottoway County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1968 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Nottoway County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bath County	73	26%	67.1%	6.8%	1955
Buckingham County	72	45.8%	51.4%	2.8%	1971
Orange County	71	26.8%	70.4%	2.8%	1970
Appomattox County	68	45.6%	52.9%	1.5%	1975
Nottoway County (this page)	67	35.8%	59.7%	4.5%	1975
Craig County	60	28.3%	68.3%	3.3%	1969

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (67 bridges here).

Okeechobee County, FL · 67 bridges
Stephens County, GA · 67 bridges
Garrard County, KY · 67 bridges
Emmons County, ND · 67 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1975 here).

San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges

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

All 67 Good 24 Fair 40 Poor 3

All bridges (67)

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Nottoway County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Nottoway County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,006 vehicle crossings a day

56.7% of Nottoway County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 86.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Nottoway 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 (67)

LONE PINE ROAD

SPAINVILLE ROAD

ROCKY BUMP ROAD

CELLAR CREEK ROAD

BOB WHITE ROAD

S.R. 40

W.COURTHOUSE RD.

LEWISTON PLANK RD.

THE FALLS ROAD

THE FALLS ROAD

THE GROVE ROAD

DANIEL ROAD

TYLER ROAD

MOUNTAIN HALL ROAD

WEST ENTRANCE ROAD

OLD PLANK ROAD

GOOD HOPE ROAD

BURKEVILLE ROAD

HUNGARY TOWN ROAD

GREEN HILL ROAD

COTTAGE ROAD

HOLLY FARM ROAD

THE GROVE ROAD

E.PATRICK HENRY HY

CELLAR CREEK ROAD

W.PATRICK HENRY HY

OLD NOTTOWAY ROAD

LEWISTON PLANK RD.

OLD NOTTOWAY ROAD

PINEY GREEN ROAD

CARY SHOP ROAD

U.S. 460 (WBL)

Route 360&460 WBL

THE FALLS ROAD

PINEY GREEN ROAD

SNEAD SPRING ROAD

ROUTE 360&460 EBL

WESTCOLONIAL TRAIL

U.S. 460 (EBL)

U.S. 460 (WBL)

WINNINGHAM ROAD

LEE LAKE ROAD

DEEP CREEK ROAD

COTTAGE ROAD

JENNINGS TOWN ROAD

WEST CREEK ROAD

DUTCHTOWN ROAD

BIBLE ROAD

WINNINGHAM ROAD

SNEED SPRING ROAD

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