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Pulaski County, VA

105 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.5% rated Good, 66.7% Fair, 2.9% Poor.

105
Public bridges
30.5%
Good condition
2.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Pulaski County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 47%
lowest Poor share in state
2.9%
Poor-condition share
105
public highway bridges
1965
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.

Pulaski County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pulaski County ranks #60 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.9%). Pulaski County, Virginia contains 105 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.5% are rated “Good,” 66.7% “Fair,” and 2.9% “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

105

Public highway bridges in Pulaski County

Good condition

30.5%

32 of 105 rated 7-9

Fair condition

66.7%

70 of 105 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.9%

3 of 105 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#60 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 105 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
30.5% (32)
Fair
66.7% (70)
Poor
2.9% (3)

Pulaski County's Poor-condition bridges carry 16,851 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,617 crossings a day against 1,542 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 105 of 105 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

66.7% of Pulaski County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

70 of the 105 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 30.5% 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 44.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

ROUTE 0011 over Sproules Run, built 1936, carries 7,544 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 16,851 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Pulaski County's bridges were built

105 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1965, 9 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Pulaski County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.9% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 12 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pulaski County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Stafford County 112 1.8%
Caroline County 107 4.7%
Sussex County 105 0%
Pulaski County (this page) 105 2.9%
Spotsylvania County 102 0%
Culpeper County 99 4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (105 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1965 here).

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

All 105 Good 32 Fair 70 Poor 3

All bridges (105)

ROUTE F327

Fair

Over: RTES I 81 & 100

0.00-SERV/RD; 0.07-RT 748, Pulaski, VA

Built 1959 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 910

BROOKMONT Rd/640

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK PEAK CREEK

2.65-RT 738; 1.00-RT 674, Pulaski, VA

Built 1977 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 257

RTE. 11 NBL

Fair

Over: NEW RIVER & NS RAILWAY

0.0 PULASKI CO;0.0 RAD CL, Pulaski, VA

Built 2005 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 12,408

CLEBURNE BLVD./100

Fair

Over: BACK CREEK

0.70-Rt 627; 0.10-Rt 733, Pulaski, VA

Built 1974 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,034

BooneFurnaceRd/607

Fair

Over: Little Reed Island Creek

1.33-Rte608; 0.58-Rte752, Pulaski, VA

Built 1991 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 313

Brookmont Rd./640

Fair

Over: North Fork Peak Creek

3.40-Rte738; 0.25-Rte674, Pulaski, VA

Built 1977 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 257

Brookmont Rd./640

Fair

Over: North Fork Peak Creek

2.5O-Rt 738; 1.15-Rt 674, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 257

Kent Farm Rd./628

Fair

Over: Back Creek

1.75-Rte100; 0.45-end rte, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 156

Lowmans Fery Rd672

Fair

Over: Claytor Lake

0.40-Rte693; 1.65-Rte670, Pulaski, VA

Built 1935 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 2,193

Lead Mine Road/693

Fair

Over: Little River

0.00-Montg.Co;0.00-Pulask, Pulaski, VA

Built 2000 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 645

BooneFurnaceRd.607

Fair

Over: Little Reed Island Creek

0.13-Rte608; 1.75-Rte752, Pulaski, VA

Built 1991 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 313

Lee Highway /11SBL

Fair

Over: Thornspring Branch

.98-Rte643W ; .78-Rte645, Pulaski, VA

Built 1922 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 5,888

Ruebush Road / 617

Fair

Over: Branch of Neck Creek

0.55-Rte627; 3.85-Rte11, Pulaski, VA

Built 1978 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 706

IzaakWaltonlgrd619

Fair

Over: Clyboard Branch

0.50-Rte631; 1.00-Rte693, Pulaski, VA

Built 1988 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 147

ThornSpring Rd/643

Fair

Over: Little Walker Creek

0.00-Rte601; 4.50-Rte636, Pulaski, VA

Built 2005 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 40

100NBL/ClebourneBV

Fair

Over: Rte 11

0.54-SDublin;0.18-NDublin, Pulaski, VA

Built 1950 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 3,003

I-81

Fair

Over: Branch of Slone Branch

3.09-Rte99; 1.28-Rte100, Pulaski, VA

Built 1965 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 45,109

SBL Rte I-81

Fair

Over: Branch of Claytor Lake

1.01-Rte660; 2.79-Mont Co, Pulaski, VA

Built 1965 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 22,420

I-81

Fair

Over: Branch of Claytor Lake

1.40-Rte660;02.40-Mont.Co, Pulaski, VA

Built 1965 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20,204

BooneFurnaceRd/607

Fair

Over: Little Reed Island Crk

0.46-Rte608; 1.49-Rte752, Pulaski, VA

Built 1991 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 313

JuliaSimpkinsRd693

Good

Over: Branch of New River

0.00-Rte672; 0.20-Rte781, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 798

Cleburne Blvd./100

Good

Over: Little Walker Creek

1.9 Rt 731;0.1 to Rt 601, Pulaski, VA

Built 2001 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 6,069

Max Creek Rd/655

Good

Over: Mack Creek

0.15-Rte693;0.45-dead end, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 108

PossumHollowRdFO47

Good

Over: Goose Creek

0.30-Rte644; 0.50-Rte611, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,311

Kirby Road / FO47

Good

Over: Br. of Little Pine Run

0.01-Wythe Co; 0.50-Rt654, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 643

Hazel Hollow Rd626

Good

Over: Morgan Branch

0.05-Rte798; 3.05-Rte732, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,049

Caddell Rd./1109

Good

Over: Branch of Thornspring Br

0.13-Rte11; 0.03-dead end, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

RobnsonTractRd/738

Good

Over: North Fork Peak Creek

0.19-Rte646 0.00-Rte640W, Pulaski, VA

Built 1970 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,000

Towes Ferry Rd/697

Good

Over: Branch of Claytor Lake

1.30-Rte611; 0.47-deadend, Pulaski, VA

Built 1998 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 174

RobinsonTractRd738

Good

Over: Kent Branch

0.91-Rte641; 0.02-Rte711, Pulaski, VA

Built 1994 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 296

DallasFreemanRd778

Good

Over: Burks Run

0.02-End Maint;1.5-RT 693, Pulaski, VA

Built 2011 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 162

Lead Mine Rd./693

Good

Over: Burks Run

0.00-Rte613E; 0.15-Rte704, Pulaski, VA

Built 2021 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 518

Kirby Road / FO47

Good

Over: Pine Run

2.55-WytheCo; 0.08-Rte100, Pulaski, VA

Built 1924 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 561

ROUTE 0000

Good

Over: RANDOLPH AV O PEAK CREEK

0005COMME ST 0003MAIN ST, Pulaski, VA

Built 1999 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 2,016

ROUTE 0011

Good

Over: WASH AV O PEAK CREEK

00194 TH ST 0012DORA HWY, Pulaski, VA

Built 1998 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 3,694

New River Rd./624

Good

Over: Morgan Spring Branch

0.00-Rte798; 0.16-Rte676, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 578

ThrnsprgChrchRd639

Good

Over: Thornspring Branch

0.10-Rte643; 1.30-Rte636, Pulaski, VA

Built 1997 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 1,198

Farris Mine Rd/693

Good

Over: Big Reed Island Creek

0.25 RT 659; 0.03 RT 800, Pulaski, VA

Built 2013 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 145

SimpkinstownRd/665

Good

Over: Branch Laurel Creek

3.50-Rte704; .10-dead end, Pulaski, VA

Built 1965 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 15

ROUTE 0000

Good

Over: JEFFSN AV O PEAK CREEK

0001FIRST ST 0001MAIN ST, Pulaski, VA

Built 1930 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 4,450

Belspring Rd./600

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.03-Rte681; 0.05-Rte606, Pulaski, VA

Built 2002 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,754

RobinsonTractRd738

Good

Over: Little Walker Creek

5.35-Rte641; 0.00-Rte601, Pulaski, VA

Built 1988 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 98

BlackHollow Rd/636

Good

Over: Back Creek

1.10-Rte637; 1.95-Rte643W, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 90

100NBL/ClebourneBV

Good

Over: NSRR & Rte 689

0.46 S Dublin; .08 Rte 11, Pulaski, VA

Built 2020 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 8,562

Sifford Road / 681

Good

Over: Neck Creek

.15-Rte600; .05-EndMaint, Pulaski, VA

Built 1961 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 90

Route F047

Good

Over: Peak Creek

1.61 Rte99 / 2.73 Rte100, Pulaski, VA

Built 2020 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 3,311

Pine Run Road/609

Good

Over: Pine Run

0.02-Rte100; 1.22-Rte653, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 296

PondLickHollow/674

Good

Over: North Fork Peak Creek

0.90-d.end; 0.00-Rte 640, Pulaski, VA

Built 1932 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 204

ROUTE 0000

Good

Over: ALTOONA ST O PEAK CREEK

0038W MAIN ST0000WCL, Pulaski, VA

Built 1986 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 66

West Main Street

Good

Over: North Fork Peak Creek

0010RANDOL ST0001ALTOON R, Pulaski, VA

Built 1987 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 1,878

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