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Prince George County, VA

132 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 6.8% rated Good, 88.6% Fair, 4.5% Poor.

132
Public bridges: 6.8%
Good condition: 4.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

79th
of 129 on Poor share: 4.5%
Poor-condition share: 132
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.

Prince George County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Prince George County ranks #79 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.5%). Prince George County, Virginia contains 132 public highway bridges. Roughly 6.8% are rated “Good,” 88.6% “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

132

Public highway bridges in Prince George County

Good condition

6.8%

9 of 132 rated 7-9

Fair condition

88.6%

117 of 132 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.5%

6 of 132 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#79 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 132 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

6.8% (9)

Fair

88.6% (117)

Poor

4.5% (6)

Prince George County's Poor-condition bridges carry 29,018 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.9% 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 4,836 crossings a day against 522 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 132 of 132 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

43.2% of Prince George County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

57 of the 132 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 6.8% 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 88.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

INTERSTATE-95 NBL over NS RAILWAY, built 1962, carries 25,682 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 29,018 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

4
1930s

3
1940s

4
1950s

19
1960s

21
1970s

12
1980s

37
1990s

23
2000s

6
2010s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 37 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Prince George County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Prince George County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Scott County	138	20.3%	71.7%	8%	1968
Nelson County	136	37.5%	58.1%	4.4%	1968
Russell County	136	28.7%	65.4%	5.9%	1968
Henry County	135	25.2%	74.8%	0%	1972
Suffolk city County	132	25.8%	69.7%	4.5%	1981
Prince George County (this page)	132	6.8%	88.6%	4.5%	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 Prince George 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 Prince George County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (132 bridges here).

Kendall County, IL · 132 bridges
Massac County, IL · 132 bridges
Monroe County, IL · 132 bridges
St. Joseph County, MI · 132 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 132 Good 9 Fair 117 Poor 6

All bridges (132)

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Prince George County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Prince George County's Poor-condition bridges carry 29,018 vehicle crossings a day

43.2% of Prince George County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 88.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Prince George 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 (132)

LEBANON ROAD

POLE RUN ROAD

CENTENNIAL ROAD

REDSTONE DRIVE

PRINCE GEORGE DR

PRINCE GEORGE DR.

PRINCE GEORGE DR.

TOUR ROAD

SOUTH CRATER ROAD

JAMES RIVER ROAD

WASHINGTON STREET

JAMES RIVER DRIVE

ROUTE 156

JAMES RIVER ROAD

INTERSTATE-95 SBL

LONE OAK MILL ROAD

JAMES RIVER ROAD

I-95 SBL & RTE 301

INTERSTATE-95 NBL

INTERSTATE-95

COURTHOUSE ROAD

COURTHOUSE ROAD

PRINCE GEORGE DR

ELLIS ROAD

LOVING UNION ROAD

LAMORE DRIVE

CENTENNIAL ROAD

MIDDLE ROAD

WALTON LAKE ROAD

INTERSTATE-295 SBL

INTERSTATE-295 EBL

SHANDS ROAD

SISISKY BLVD

BATTLE DRIVE

I-95

INTERSTATE-95 NBL

NBL ROUTE 0095

COURTLAND ROAD

SBL I-95

SUNNYBROOK ROAD

ALDEN ROAD

INTERSTATE-295 NBL

INTERSTATE-295 SBL

INTERSTATE-95 SBL

I-95 & RAMPS N&P

HINES ROAD

SUNNYBROOK ROAD

PRINCE GEORGE DR

NBL ROUTE 95 & COL

PARKDALE ROAD

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