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Richmond city County, VA

125 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 11.2% rated Good, 73.6% Fair, 15.2% Poor.

125
Public bridges
11.2%
Good condition
15.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

125th
of 129 on Poor share
15.2%
Poor-condition share
125
public highway bridges
1972
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.

Richmond city County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Richmond city County ranks #125 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 15.2%). Richmond city County, Virginia contains 125 public highway bridges. Roughly 11.2% are rated “Good,” 73.6% “Fair,” and 15.2% “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

125

Public highway bridges in Richmond city County

Good condition

11.2%

14 of 125 rated 7-9

Fair condition

73.6%

92 of 125 rated 5-6

Poor condition

15.2%

19 of 125 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#125 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 125 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
11.2% (14)
Fair
73.6% (92)
Poor
15.2% (19)

Richmond city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 186,428 vehicle crossings a day

That is 14.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 15.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 9,812 crossings a day against 6,347 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 125 of 125 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

44.8% of Richmond city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

56 of the 125 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 11.2% 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 14% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

BROAD STREET over I-95, built 1958, carries 26,150 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 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 186,428 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Richmond city County's bridges were built

125 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 39.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1972) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Richmond city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 15.2% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Richmond city County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Prince George County 132 4.5%
Suffolk city County 132 4.5%
Richmond city County (this page) 125 15.2%
Bland County 122 5.7%
York County 122 0.8%
Virginia Beach city County 119 1.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (125 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1972 here).

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

All 125 Good 14 Fair 92 Poor 19

All bridges (125)

CHERRY STREET

Good

Over: ROUTE 195 EXPRESSWAY

.08 IDLEWOOD .04 PARKWOOD, Richmond city, VA

Built 1975 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 3,100

ALLEN AVENUE

Good

Over: ROUTE 195 EXPRESSWAY

.02 GRAYLAND .04 PARKWOOD, Richmond city, VA

Built 1975 Load: 54.6 t ADT: 3,300

GERMAN SCHOOL ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

.10 FR 60 .24 WESTOV VILL, Richmond city, VA

Built 2008 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,204

WARWICK ROAD

Good

Over: CSX RAILWAY

.20 BELT BLV .14 PLATINUM, Richmond city, VA

Built 1998 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 12,000

JENNIE SCHER ROAD

Good

Over: GILLIES CREEK

.64 FR 60 .21 TO E RIC RD, Richmond city, VA

Built 2007 Load: 67.3 t ADT: 3,600

CHIPPENHAM PARKWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

0038STONEY PT RD 0054147, Richmond city, VA

Built 1989 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 38,572

LYNHAVEN AVENUE

Poor

Over: BROAD ROCK CREEK

.25 TERMNL A .20 BELLMEAD, Richmond city, VA

Built 1949 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 716

COLUMBIA STREET

Poor

Over: GOODES CREEK

0010MIMOSA ST0010HARWD ST, Richmond city, VA

Built 1955 Load: 2.9 t ADT: 500

NORTH BOULEVARD

Poor

Over: CSX RAILWAY

.46 95 & .54 33(250), Richmond city, VA

Built 1943 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 23,866

COMMERCE ROAD

Poor

Over: GOODES CREEK

.3 DEEPWA TER .02BELLMEAD, Richmond city, VA

Built 1940 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 4,205

BELLEVUE AVENUE

Poor

Over: ROUTE I-95

.03FRBRYAN PK &.23 TO 161, Richmond city, VA

Built 1958 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 1,898

GROVE AVENUE

Poor

Over: RT 195 & CSX TRANSP

.25 Fr 197 & 0.11 To 7629, Richmond city, VA

Built 1975 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 10,312

CARY STREET

Poor

Over: RT 195 & CSX TRANSP

0.36 Fr 197 & 0.79 To 161, Richmond city, VA

Built 1975 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 13,464

LOMBARDY STREET

Poor

Over: CSX RAILWAY

0.32 TO BROOK ROAD, Richmond city, VA

Built 1932 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,272

BROAD STREET

Poor

Over: I-95

1.31 FR 1 & .17 TO 360, Richmond city, VA

Built 1958 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 26,150

WALMSLEY BOULEVARD

Poor

Over: GRINDALL CREEK

.02 FR LINDLAW & .11 TO 1, Richmond city, VA

Built 1953 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,881

BROAD STREET

Poor

Over: CSX ABANDONED SPUR LINE

.05 FR 95 & .13 TO 360 WB, Richmond city, VA

Built 1909 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 26,150

EAST RICHMOND ROAD

Poor

Over: GILLIES CREEK

.32 JEN SCHER .02ECL RICH, Richmond city, VA

Built 1932 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 3,398

MEADOW STREET

Poor

Over: ROUTE 195 EXPRESSWAY

.03 FR GRL & .O8 T0 147, Richmond city, VA

Built 1976 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 4,275

HULL STREET

Poor

Over: MANCHESTER CANAL

.03 FR 2ND & .58 TO 60 EB, Richmond city, VA

Built 1921 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 17,082

7TH STREET

Poor

Over: I-95; LOOP-J & RAMP-B

0.11frJackson0.38Hospital, Richmond city, VA

Built 1958 Load: 56.6 t ADT: 2,750

4TH STREET

Poor

Over: ROUTE I-95

.08 DUVAL & .25 HOSPITAL, Richmond city, VA

Built 1969 Load: 62.1 t ADT: 4,114

1ST STREET

Poor

Over: ROUTE I-95 (I-64)

.01 E DUVAL .05 E BAKER, Richmond city, VA

Built 1958 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 1,231

14TH STREET

Poor

Over: JAMES RIVER SOUTH DIV @

.07 FR 2ND & .54 TO 60 EB, Richmond city, VA

Built 1913 Load: 70.9 t ADT: 17,082

14TH STREET

Poor

Over: JAMES RIVER NORTH DIV @

.28 FR 2ND & .33 TO 60 EB, Richmond city, VA

Built 1913 Load: 70.9 t ADT: 17,082

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