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Southampton County, VA

145 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49% rated Good, 49% Fair, 2.1% Poor.

145
Public bridges
49%
Good condition
2.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 36%
lowest Poor share in state
2.1%
Poor-condition share
145
public highway bridges
1973
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.

Southampton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Southampton County ranks #47 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.1%). Southampton County, Virginia contains 145 public highway bridges. Roughly 49% are rated “Good,” 49% “Fair,” and 2.1% “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

145

Public highway bridges in Southampton County

Good condition

49%

71 of 145 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49%

71 of 145 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.1%

3 of 145 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#47 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 145 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
49% (71)
Fair
49% (71)
Poor
2.1% (3)

Southampton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,578 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,859 crossings a day against 1,273 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 145 of 145 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

52.4% of Southampton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

76 of the 145 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 49% 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 96.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Route 58 EBL over Nottoway Swamp, built 1930, carries 11,175 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 11,578 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Southampton County's bridges were built

145 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 30 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Southampton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1968 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Southampton County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Brunswick County 152 6.6%
Dinwiddie County 151 7.9%
Grayson County 145 4.8%
Patrick County 145 2.8%
Southampton County (this page) 145 2.1%
Scott County 138 8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (145 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1973 here).

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

All 145 Good 71 Fair 71 Poor 3

All bridges (145)

Plank Road

Fair

Over: Mill Run

0.50 Miles to Rte. 628, Southampton, VA

Built 1921 Load: 51.6 t ADT: 2,730

US 58 EBL Bypass

Fair

Over: Blackwater River

0.0 SOUTHAMPTON CO. LINE, Southampton, VA

Built 1992 Load: 54.6 t ADT: 9,645

Route 58 WBL

Fair

Over: CSX Railway

0.25 TO 671 0.73 FR 258, Southampton, VA

Built 1979 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 9,306

Route 686

Fair

Over: Mill Creek

2.50 TO 258 /2.00 TO 680, Southampton, VA

Built 1970 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 106

Monroe Road

Fair

Over: Darden Mill Run

0.20 mi to Int. Rte 683, Southampton, VA

Built 1982 Load: 56.5 t ADT: 218

Route 58 EBL

Fair

Over: CSX Railroad

0.73 MI. TO INT. RTE. 258, Southampton, VA

Built 1993 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 9,306

River Road

Fair

Over: Assamoosick Swamp

4.24 TO 35N 1.20TO 35S, Southampton, VA

Built 1971 Load: 57.4 t ADT: 113

US 58 WBL Bypass

Fair

Over: Blackwater River

0.00 MI.FR.SOUTHAMPTON CO, Southampton, VA

Built 1981 Load: 58.5 t ADT: 9,645

Pretlow Street

Fair

Over: Rte58 (Southampton Pkwy)

0.93 SCL FRANKLIN LINE, Southampton, VA

Built 1980 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 1,643

Whitehead Road

Fair

Over: Branch Flat Swamp

1.80 Mi to Int. Rte. 653, Southampton, VA

Built 1988 Load: 60.0 t ADT: 176

Saint Lukes Road

Fair

Over: Horse Pen Run

0.30 TO 710 1.00 TO 626, Southampton, VA

Built 1962 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 137

Southampton Pkwy

Fair

Over: Buckhorn Swamp

5.08 TO 35 / 3.61 TO 308, Southampton, VA

Built 1988 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 15,312

White Meadow Road

Fair

Over: Tarrara Creek

0.65 MI. TO INT. RTE. 667, Southampton, VA

Built 1974 Load: 63.6 t ADT: 712

Black Creek Road

Fair

Over: Branch Cypress Swamp

1.15 MI. TO INT. RTE. 640, Southampton, VA

Built 1983 Load: 65.7 t ADT: 1,098

Route 58 EBL

Fair

Over: Overflow Nottoway River

1.63 MI. TO INT. RTE. 35, Southampton, VA

Built 1984 Load: 68.1 t ADT: 17,191

Route 58 EBL

Fair

Over: Nottoway River

1.80 TO 35 / 1.48 TO 742, Southampton, VA

Built 1984 Load: 68.7 t ADT: 8,595

Route 58 WBL

Fair

Over: Nottoway River

1.80 MI. TO INT. RTE. 35, Southampton, VA

Built 1993 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 8,595

Hugo Road

Fair

Over: Overflow Meherrin River

0.63 MI. TO N.C. LINE, Southampton, VA

Built 1937 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 1,008

Route 58 WBL

Fair

Over: Overflow Nottoway River

1.63 MI. TO INT. RTE. 35, Southampton, VA

Built 1993 Load: 73.3 t ADT: 8,595

Route 58 WBL

Fair

Over: Gen Thomas Hwy

2.64 TO 58BUS/0.98 TO 258, Southampton, VA

Built 1979 Load: 84.7 t ADT: 9,306

Windsor Blvd

Fair

Over: Blackwater River at Zuni

0.0 Miles Southampton Co, Southampton, VA

Built 1987 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 11,087

Seacock Chapel Rd

Good

Over: Round Hill Swamp

0.60 TO 631 0.80 TO 605, Southampton, VA

Built 1967 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 121

Sands Road

Good

Over: Dardens Mill Run

1.05 TO 673 0.55 TO 683, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 476

Route 58 EBL

Good

Over: Route 258

0.95TO 671/3.13 TOSUFF CL, Southampton, VA

Built 1993 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 9,306

Storys Station Rd

Good

Over: Nottoway Swamp

0.75 Mi to Int Rte 643, Southampton, VA

Built 1966 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 316

Clarksbury Road

Good

Over: Tarrara Creek

0.30 TO 665 / 2.10 TO 702, Southampton, VA

Built 1969 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 269

Rivers Mill Road

Good

Over: Rivers Mill

0.01 MI. TO INT. RTE. 697, Southampton, VA

Built 1971 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 59

Kellos Mill Road

Good

Over: Lightwood Swamp

0.40 MI. TO INT. RTE. 605, Southampton, VA

Built 1963 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 221

Ridley Road

Good

Over: Mill Swamp

1.40 mi. to Int. Rte. 675, Southampton, VA

Built 1968 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 136

Popes Station Road

Good

Over: Buckhorn Swamp

1.70 MI. TO INT. RTE. 652, Southampton, VA

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 237

Darden Scout Road

Good

Over: Branch Darden Millpond

0.20 MI. TO INT. RTE. 632, Southampton, VA

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 124

Doles Road

Good

Over: Branch Seacock Swamp

0.10 TO 623 / 0.40 TO 614, Southampton, VA

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 132

Farmers Bridge Rd

Good

Over: Assamoosick Swamp

0.75 Mi to Int Rte 35, Southampton, VA

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31

Rose Valley Road

Good

Over: Branch Nottoway River

0.30 mi to Int Rte. 684, Southampton, VA

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 492

Proctors Bridge Rd

Good

Over: Hickaneck Swamp

2.91 MI. TO INT. RTE. 621, Southampton, VA

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 234

Route 657

Good

Over: Tarrara Creek

2.00 TO 658 /0.60 TO 693, Southampton, VA

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 49

Storys Station Rd

Good

Over: Flag Run

0.5 MI. TO INT. RTE. 58, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 943

Grays Shop Road

Good

Over: Stream

1.00 TO 35 / 0.20 TO 703, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 213

Flaggy Run Road

Good

Over: Flag Run

1.60 TO 58 / 0.47 TO 649, Southampton, VA

Built 1967 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 402

Bell Road

Good

Over: Seacock Swamp

1.64 TO 618 0.80 TO 616, Southampton, VA

Built 1963 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 86

Barhams Hill Road

Good

Over: Angelico Creek

1.30 TO 308 0.30 TO 657, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 164

Tucker Swamp Road

Good

Over: Tucker Swamp

0.80 TO 460 0.40 to 622, Southampton, VA

Built 1960 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 410

Fortsville Road

Good

Over: Rawlings Swamp

1.90 MI. TO INT. RTE. 610, Southampton, VA

Built 1996 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 38

Fortsville Road

Good

Over: Browns Branch

1.00 MI. TO INT. RTE. 615, Southampton, VA

Built 2000 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 77

US 58 Bus

Good

Over: Blackwater River

0.0ISLW CO /0.00SOHAM CO, Southampton, VA

Built 2009 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 7,424

Appleton Road

Good

Over: Round Hill Swamp

0.60 TO 614 /0.60 TO 616, Southampton, VA

Built 1978 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 310

Route 666

Good

Over: Tarrara Creek

1.40 TO 659/0.80 TO 667, Southampton, VA

Built 1969 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 641

Cabin Point

Good

Over: Mill Run

0.60 TO 607N/0.10 TO 607S, Southampton, VA

Built 2000 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 38

Womble Mill Road

Good

Over: Wade Mill Pond

0.35 MI. TO INT. RTE. 630, Southampton, VA

Built 1968 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 64

Governor Darden Rd

Good

Over: Darden Mill Pond

4.27 TO T1505/0.O5 TO 643, Southampton, VA

Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 531

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