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Roanoke County, VA

204 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.7% rated Good, 62.3% Fair, 0% Poor.

204
Public bridges
37.7%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Roanoke County pairs a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 1%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
204
public highway bridges
1969
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.

Roanoke County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Roanoke County ranks #1 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Roanoke County, Virginia contains 204 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.7% are rated “Good,” 62.3% “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

204

Public highway bridges in Roanoke County

Good condition

37.7%

77 of 204 rated 7-9

Fair condition

62.3%

127 of 204 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 204 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#1 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 204 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
37.7% (77)
Fair
62.3% (127)
Poor
0% (0)

68.1% of Roanoke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

139 of the 204 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 37.7% 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.

When Roanoke County's bridges were built

204 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 72 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 35.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 5 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Roanoke County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Roanoke County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bedford County 204 2.9%
Tazewell County 204 4.4%
Roanoke County (this page) 204 0%
Botetourt County 202 0%
Norfolk city County 199 0%
Alleghany County 197 4.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (204 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1969 here).

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

All 204 Good 77 Fair 127 Poor 0

All bridges (204)

Lost Mtn. Rd./670

Good

Over: Little Back Creek

0.01-Rt694; 0.51-dead end, Roanoke, VA

Built 1998 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 64

CLEARBROOK VIL. LN

Good

Over: WET WEATHER BR.

0.01-RT 220; 0.15-RT 674, Roanoke, VA

Built 2004 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,457

FRANKLIN RD (220)

Good

Over: NS RAILWAY

7.72-RT419; 0.29-FRANKLC, Roanoke, VA

Built 1974 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 13,130

Bent Mt Rd/ RT 221

Good

Over: Martins Creek

0.10-RT 1950; 0.01-RT 696, Roanoke, VA

Built 2020 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 6,975

EASTRURITAN RD/609

Good

Over: BRANCH OF GLADE CREEK

0.40-RT460; 0.80- RT1049, Roanoke, VA

Built 2016 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,154

Harborwood Rd/639

Good

Over: Br Roanoke River

0.10-Rte737; 1.55-Rte882, Roanoke, VA

Built 1949 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 702

Clearwater Ave1861

Good

Over: Tinker Creek

0.05-Rte1862 0.13-Rte1816, Roanoke, VA

Built 1996 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 603

Poage Valley Rd690

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.69-Rte691; 0.01-Rte221, Roanoke, VA

Built 1970 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 489

StarlighLn/Rte615

Good

Over: Back Creek

2.15-Rte614; 0.95-Rte613, Roanoke, VA

Built 1994 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 319

Bent Mtn. Road

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.25-RT 688; 0.35-RT 735, Roanoke, VA

Built 2013 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 6,975

Winter Drive 657

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.20 RT 220 & 0.00 END MT, Roanoke, VA

Built 1989 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 74

Ran Lynn Dr/745

Good

Over: Branch Back Creek

0.10-Rte690; 0.20-Rte221, Roanoke, VA

Built 1948 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 1,027

Ardmore Rd./1835

Good

Over: Tinker Creek

0.11-Rte1834;0.05-Rte1816, Roanoke, VA

Built 1996 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 572

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Good

Over: VA ROUTE 116

1.0 MILE TO VA ROUTE 666, Roanoke, VA

Built 1964 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,188

Beason Lane/Rte857

Good

Over: Dry Branch

0.02-Rt847; 0.18-dead end, Roanoke, VA

Built 1961 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 15

Hollins Road / 601

Good

Over: Tinker Creek

0.18-RT115; 0.62-RT616, Roanoke, VA

Built 2006 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 6,115

Diuguids Ln/Rt 760

Good

Over: ROANOKE RIVER

0.00-RT639; 0.19-S SALEM, Roanoke, VA

Built 1961 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 5,864

Cresthill Dr/1658

Good

Over: Mudlick Creek

0.04-RT1694; 0.00-RT1664, Roanoke, VA

Built 1998 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,255

Walnut Avenue

Good

Over: Glade Creek

0.01-5th ST; 0.13-13th ST, Roanoke, VA

Built 2014 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 5,453

CATAWBA CREEK RD.

Good

Over: BR CATAWBA CREEK

0.00RT-320;0.74RT-698, Roanoke, VA

Built 2013 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 705

Mtn. View Rd. 651

Good

Over: Wolf Creek

0.10 Rt 1019;0.30 Rt 1075, Roanoke, VA

Built 2007 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 1,928

Bandy Road/666

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.70-Rte721; 0.20-Rte667, Roanoke, VA

Built 1974 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 272

BoonesChapel Rd614

Good

Over: Branch Back Creek

0.25-Rte667N; 0.45-Rte615, Roanoke, VA

Built 2008 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 184

Poor Mtn. Rd./612

Good

Over: Br Roanoke River

4.55-Rte916; 0.55-Rte639, Roanoke, VA

Built 1951 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 320

Old Mill Rd./752

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.20 Rte221; 0.05 Rte1765, Roanoke, VA

Built 1989 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 484

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Good

Over: VA ROUTE 634

1.4 MILES TO VA ROUTE 24, Roanoke, VA

Built 1962 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 4,188

Wildwood Rd./619

Good

Over: Brush Mtn. Branch

1.90-Rte801; 0.40-Rte714, Roanoke, VA

Built 1951 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 940

Hugh Ave./1814

Good

Over: Carvin Creek

0.01 Rt-1815;0.11 Rt-1813, Roanoke, VA

Built 1965 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 374

GREENRIDGE RD

Good

Over: BR PETERS CREEK

0.55-Rte.629; 020-Rte780, Roanoke, VA

Built 2022 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 2,374

WILLIAMSON ROAD/11

Good

Over: CARVINS CREEK

0.76-BOT.CL; 0.84-RTE117, Roanoke, VA

Built 1996 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 10,471

Gus Nicks Blvd

Good

Over: NS RWY

NS Railway, Roanoke, VA

Built 1983 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 21,676

Bent Mtn. Road

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.27-RT 688; 0.30-RT 735, Roanoke, VA

Built 2013 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 14,086

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Good

Over: VA ROUTE 651

0.7 MILES TO VA ROUTE 24, Roanoke, VA

Built 1955 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 4,188

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Good

Over: VA ROUTE 24

0.6 MILES TO VA ROUTE 651, Roanoke, VA

Built 1962 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 4,188

Gladden Rd./737

Good

Over: Branch Roanoke River

0.00-Rte639;0.80-end main, Roanoke, VA

Built 1957 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 327

Bradshaw Rd/Rte622

Good

Over: Mason Creek

0.55-Rte873; 7.85-Rte727, Roanoke, VA

Built 1988 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 504

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Good

Over: VA ROUTE 612

11.7 MILES TO VA ROUTE 22, Roanoke, VA

Built 1958 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 1,061

Starlight Lane/615

Good

Over: Branch Back Creek

0.02-Rte676; 0.16-Rte614, Roanoke, VA

Built 1932 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 168

Franklin Rd/220

Good

Over: Back Creek

4.45-RT419; 3.68 Frkln CL, Roanoke, VA

Built 2020 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 26,261

Back Creek Rd/676

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.95-Rte845; 1.10-Rte615, Roanoke, VA

Built 1983 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 180

FRANKLIN RD./220

Good

Over: RTE 419

3.50-RT24; 7.97-FRANK CO, Roanoke, VA

Built 1980 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 14,760

FRANKLIN RD/220NBL

Good

Over: RTE 419

3.50-RT24; 7.97-FRANK CO, Roanoke, VA

Built 1980 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 14,760

COTTON HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BACK CREEK

0.00-RT221; 0.45-RT888, Roanoke, VA

Built 2013 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 5,325

BRADSHAW RD./622

Good

Over: MASON CREEK

6.95-RT727; 1.45-RT873, Roanoke, VA

Built 2004 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 504

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Good

Over: VA ROUTE 602

14.6 MILES TO VA ROUTE 22, Roanoke, VA

Built 1958 Load: 75.3 t ADT: 1,061

Apple Grove La/696

Good

Over: Branch Back Creek

0.13-dead end; 0.49-Rt937, Roanoke, VA

Built 1986 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 383

SpringGrove Dr/673

Good

Over: Wolf Creek

0.45-Rte24; 0.02-Rte 1275, Roanoke, VA

Built 1994 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 1,614

BrookridgeRd/RT660

Good

Over: Back Creek

0.60-Rt617W; 0.70-Rt617E, Roanoke, VA

Built 1988 Load: 83.5 t ADT: 144

Jae Valley Rd/116

Good

Over: Back Creek

2.43-Rke;0.85-Franklin Co, Roanoke, VA

Built 2019 Load: 84.4 t ADT: 7,860

Bottom CreekRd/607

Good

Over: Bottom Creek

1.17-Rte711; 1.23-Rte637, Roanoke, VA

Built 1986 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 229

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