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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.

1910s

2
1920s

6
1930s

28
1940s

24
1950s

34
1960s

41
1970s

38
1980s

35
1990s

43
2000s

20
2010s

13
2020s

4

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).

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	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Prince William County	303	54.5%	44.2%	1.3%	1989
Rockingham County (this page)	288	53.1%	43.8%	3.1%	1972
Buchanan County	283	12%	83.4%	4.6%	1967
Pittsylvania County	267	40.8%	53.9%	5.2%	1977
Albemarle County	262	34.4%	63.7%	1.9%	1962
Rockbridge County	255	31%	65.5%	3.5%	1964

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).

Chariton County, MO · 288 bridges
York County, SC · 288 bridges
Union County, AR · 289 bridges
Butler County, IA · 289 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges

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

Good-condition bridges (153)

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Rockingham County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

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

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

One structure carries 34.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Rockingham 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

Good-condition bridges (153)

SILLING RD

ROUTE 33

RTE 259

HOPKINS GAP RD

CLOVER HILL RD

MILL LN

ROUTE 33

ROUTE 257

THOROUGHFARE RD

WISE HOLLOW RD

HEATWOLE RD

PINEVILLE RD

COOPERS MTN RD

LONG MEADOW DR

ROUTE 42 SBL

ROUTE 42 NBL

ROUTE 33 WBL

ARMENTROUT PATH

LEE-JACKSON HWY

5TH STREET

CAVE HILL ROAD

EVRGREEN VALLEY RD

WEST ELIZABETH ST

BELDOR RD

ROUTE 33 WBL

JACOB BURNER LN

THOROUGHFARE RD

GOLD NUGGET DR

BANK CHURCH RD

THOROUGHFARE RD

FRIDLEYS GAP RD

SCHOLARS RD

WEST ROCK STREET

CRANEY ISLAND RD

BEAVER CREEK ROAD

COMMUNITY CNTR RD

SHAVER MILL RD

CHESAPEAKE AVE

BERGTON RD

GENOA RD

HINTON RD

POWER DAM RD

E TIMBER RIDGE RD

WEST WATER STREET

THREE SPRINGS RD

SNAKE HOLLOW RD

HOPKINS GAP RD

POWER DAM RD

ROUTE 340

BERGTON RD

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