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Rockingham County, VA

288 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 53.1% rated Good, 43.8% Fair, 3.1% Poor.

288
Public bridges
53.1%
Good condition
3.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 49%
lowest Poor share in state
3.1%
Poor-condition share
288
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.

Rockingham County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Rockingham County ranks #63 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Rockingham County, Virginia contains 288 public highway bridges. Roughly 53.1% are rated “Good,” 43.8% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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

288

Public highway bridges in Rockingham County

Good condition

53.1%

153 of 288 rated 7-9

Fair condition

43.8%

126 of 288 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.1%

9 of 288 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#63 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 288 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
53.1% (153)
Fair
43.8% (126)
Poor
3.1% (9)

Rockingham County's Poor-condition bridges carry 17,640 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,960 crossings a day against 1,781 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 287 of 288 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

54.9% of Rockingham County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

158 of the 288 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 53.1% 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 34.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PORT REPUBLIC RD over NORTH RV @ PORT-REPUBLIC, built 1956, carries 6,040 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 17,640 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Rockingham County's bridges were built

288 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 14.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 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 Rockingham County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Rockingham County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Rockingham County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Prince William County 303 1.3%
Rockingham County (this page) 288 3.1%
Buchanan County 283 4.6%
Pittsylvania County 267 5.2%
Albemarle County 262 1.9%
Rockbridge County 255 3.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (288 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 288 Good 153 Fair 126 Poor 9

Fair-condition bridges (126)

ROUTE 42 NBL

Fair

Over: COOKS CREEK

0.11 NCL DAYT-0.20 RT 290, Rockingham, VA

Built 1972 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 7,322

SINGERS GLEN RD

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

0.45 RT 752 - 0.05 RT 613, Rockingham, VA

Built 1956 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 1,811

FOREST ROAD

Fair

Over: HONE QUARRY RUN

HONE QUARRY DAM SPILLWAY, Rockingham, VA

Built 1993 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 100

MOUNTAIN VALLEY RD

Fair

Over: TRIB SMITH CREEK

0.22 RT 718 - 0.01 RT 724, Rockingham, VA

Built 1975 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 467

NORTH RIVER RD

Fair

Over: COOKS CREEK

1.20 RT 693 - 0.20 RT 11, Rockingham, VA

Built 1984 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 975

YANKEETOWN RD

Fair

Over: NF SHENANDOAH RIVER

0.01 RT 259 - 1.03 D. END, Rockingham, VA

Built 1986 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 53

STONE SPRING ROAD

Fair

Over: BLACKS RUN

0030ECL HARRI002111, Rockingham, VA

Built 1966 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 19,000

ROUTE 33 WBL

Fair

Over: NS RAILWAY

0.26 RT 996 - 0.23 RT 644, Rockingham, VA

Built 1967 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 9,101

ROUTE 33 WBL

Fair

Over: RTE 340 @ ELKTON

0.48 RT 1703- 1.33 RT 639, Rockingham, VA

Built 1971 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 4,411

LUMBER MILL RD

Fair

Over: HONEY RUN

0.78 RT 738 - 0.01 RT 743, Rockingham, VA

Built 1974 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 421

ROUTE 33 EBL

Fair

Over: RTE 340 @ ELKTON

0.48 RT 1703- 1.33 RT 639, Rockingham, VA

Built 1971 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 4,411

I-81 NBL

Fair

Over: BLACKS RUN

2.38 RT 257 -0.93 11 CONN, Rockingham, VA

Built 1966 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 29,699

I-81 SBL

Fair

Over: BLACKS RUN

2.38 RT 257 -0.93 11 CONN, Rockingham, VA

Built 1966 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 28,226

SPRING CREEK RD

Fair

Over: MOSSY CREEK

1.07 RT 613 - 0.03 RT 747, Rockingham, VA

Built 1932 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 2,756

WINFIELD RD

Fair

Over: SHOEMAKER RIVER

0.10 RT 815-0.03 TO D END, Rockingham, VA

Built 1945 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 42

WHITMORE SHOP RD

Fair

Over: WAR BRANCH

0.04 RT 726N-0.66 RT 726S, Rockingham, VA

Built 1976 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 861

KISER RD

Fair

Over: TRIB NORTH RIVER

0.30 RT 727-1.60 AUGUSTCO, Rockingham, VA

Built 1977 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 455

TURNER AVENUE

Fair

Over: LINVILLE CREEK

0.10 RT 1413 - 0.05 RT 42, Rockingham, VA

Built 1981 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 2,473

ROUTE 11

Fair

Over: COOKS CK @ MT CRAWFORD

0.44 RT 704 -0.52 RT 257, Rockingham, VA

Built 1948 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 11,820

ROUTE 340

Fair

Over: ELK RUN @ ELKTON

0.07 RT 33-0.71 NCL ELKTO, Rockingham, VA

Built 1939 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 8,247

PINEVILLE RD

Fair

Over: CUB RUN

0.45 RT 652 - 0.55 RT 655, Rockingham, VA

Built 1932 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 1,343

DULL HUNT RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE DRY RIVER

0.20 RT 818 -0.02 END 631, Rockingham, VA

Built 1932 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 63

ROUTE 42

Fair

Over: DAPHNA CREEK

0.13 RT 1415-0.08 RT 1420, Rockingham, VA

Built 1952 Load: 74.4 t ADT: 8,663

MELROSE RD

Fair

Over: DRY FORK

0.07 RT 11 - 2.70 RT 725, Rockingham, VA

Built 1976 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 691

ROUTE 0081

Fair

Over: TRIB DRY FORK

2.90 RT 33-0.88 RT11 CONN, Rockingham, VA

Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 52,694

ROUTE 0081

Fair

Over: DRY FORK CREEK

3.51 RT 11-3.26 RT 11CONN, Rockingham, VA

Built 1966 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 52,192

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