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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)

Brandy Pond Road

Good

Over: Hornet Swamp

0.35 TO 608 / 1.65 TO 612, Southampton, VA

Built 1998 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 52

General Thomas Hwy

Good

Over: Branch Nottoway River

0.30 Mile to Int. Rte 734, Southampton, VA

Built 2020 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,424

Popes Station Road

Good

Over: Three Creek

2.10 TO 608 /1.10 TO 653, Southampton, VA

Built 1965 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 117

Berea Church Road

Good

Over: Cypress Swamp

0.10 TO 637 1.10 TO 635, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 67

Vicks Mill Pond Rd

Good

Over: Vicks Creek

1.00 TO 665 / 2.50 TO 702, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 671

Clarksbury Road

Good

Over: Rosa Swamp

0.10 mi. to Int. Rte. 702, Southampton, VA

Built 1973 Load: 46.1 t ADT: 269

Meherrin Road

Good

Over: Tarrara Creek

10.07 Mi to Int. Rte. 58, Southampton, VA

Built 2017 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 3,661

Cedar View Road

Good

Over: Angelico Creek

1.10 MI. TO INT. RTE. 691, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 31

General Thomas Hwy

Good

Over: Overflow Nottoway River

3.0 Mi Fr Rte 58, Southampton, VA

Built 2021 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 3,424

Johnsons Mill Road

Good

Over: Johnsons Mill

0.90 MI. TO INT. RTE. 603, Southampton, VA

Built 1989 Load: 51.1 t ADT: 676

Old Bridge Rd

Good

Over: Wetlands

.2Mifr58Bus/.9MitoGrnLkDr, Southampton, VA

Built 2018 Load: 52.4 t ADT: 230

Seacock Chapel Rd

Good

Over: Branch Round Hill Swamp

0.80 MI. TO INT. RTE. 631, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 348

Vicks Millpond Rd

Good

Over: Flat Swamp

1.90 Mi. to Int. Rte. 665, Southampton, VA

Built 2016 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 321

Trinity Church Rd

Good

Over: Indian Branch

0.95 MI. TO INT. RTE. 616, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 184

Sykes Farm Road

Good

Over: Tarrara Creek

0.60 TO 665 / 0.90 TO 666, Southampton, VA

Built 1972 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 295

Meherrin Road

Good

Over: Nottoway River

0.08 mi fr WCL Courtland, Southampton, VA

Built 2015 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 3,665

Burdette Road

Good

Over: Black Creek

1.40 MI. TO INT. RTE. 635, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 54.5 t ADT: 256

Mission Church Rd

Good

Over: Black Creek

0.30 MI TO ROUTE 603, Southampton, VA

Built 1962 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 203

General Thomas Hwy

Good

Over: Nottoway River

0.05 MI to INT. RTE 650, Southampton, VA

Built 2022 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 3,424

BURNT REED ROAD

Good

Over: TARRARA CREEK

0.15 MI. TO INT. RTE. 716, Southampton, VA

Built 2023 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 256

Signpost Road

Good

Over: Mill Swamp

1.00 TO 675 /2.64 TO 673, Southampton, VA

Built 1965 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 507

Meherrin Road

Good

Over: Route 58

2.10 MI. RTE. RTE. 58 BUS, Southampton, VA

Built 1997 Load: 55.8 t ADT: 3,665

Old Bridge Rd.

Good

Over: Route 58

0.2Mito58bus/3.2MifrRte35, Southampton, VA

Built 2018 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 1,012

Indian Branch Lane

Good

Over: Indian Branch

0.85 MI. TO INT. RTE. 606, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 42

Davis Lane

Good

Over: Vicks Creek

1.10 MI. TO INT. RTE. 659, Southampton, VA

Built 1987 Load: 57.5 t ADT: 144

South Quay Road

Good

Over: Blackwater River

0.00 MI to Suffolk CL, Southampton, VA

Built 2023 Load: 57.6 t ADT: 2,641

Buckhorn Qrtr Rd

Good

Over: Buckhorn Swamp

0.50 Mi. to Int. Rte. 609, Southampton, VA

Built 1963 Load: 58.4 t ADT: 271

Drake Road

Good

Over: Black Creek

0.70 MI TO INT. RTE.603, Southampton, VA

Built 1961 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 226

Three Creeks Road

Good

Over: Hornet Swamp

0.60 TO 612 /1.10 TO 609, Southampton, VA

Built 1985 Load: 59.1 t ADT: 415

Tucker Swamp Road

Good

Over: NS Railroad

1.00 fr 622 0.08 to 460, Southampton, VA

Built 2019 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 410

Pope Station Road

Good

Over: Buckhorn Swamp

0.80 TO 58 / 0.40 TO 652, Southampton, VA

Built 1978 Load: 65.0 t ADT: 237

Burdette Road

Good

Over: Blackwater River

0.00 MI. TO SOUTHAMPTON C, Southampton, VA

Built 1983 Load: 65.1 t ADT: 256

Crumpler Road

Good

Over: Terrapin Swamp

0.05 Miles to Route 621, Southampton, VA

Built 1962 Load: 67.4 t ADT: 244

Three Creeks Road

Good

Over: Three Creek

1.91 Mi Fr Rte US58, Southampton, VA

Built 2019 Load: 70.2 t ADT: 488

SouthamptonPkwyEBL

Good

Over: Angelico Creek

8.37 Mi. to Int. Rte. 35, Southampton, VA

Built 1990 Load: 71.1 t ADT: 7,249

Woodland Road

Good

Over: Branch Darden Mill Run

1.45 TO 683 /0.85 TO 680, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 277

Barnes Church Cir

Good

Over: Branch

0.15 TO 678S/0.35 TO 678N, Southampton, VA

Built 1932 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 232

Monroe Road

Good

Over: Nottoway River

1.68 TO 687 / 1.68 TO 672, Southampton, VA

Built 1999 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 616

Ivor Road

Good

Over: Lightwood swamp

0.75 mi to Int. Rte. 605, Southampton, VA

Built 1976 Load: 83.5 t ADT: 1,474

Route 58 EBL

Good

Over: Gen Thomas Hwy

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

Built 1993 Load: 84.6 t ADT: 9,306

Southampton Pkwy

Good

Over: Branch Buckhorn Swamp

3.41 TO 35 / 0.4 TO 609, Southampton, VA

Built 1988 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 15,312

Indian Town Road

Good

Over: Buckhorn Swamp

0.68 TO 609 0.90 TO 758, Southampton, VA

Built 1986 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 220

Seacock Chapel Rd

Poor

Over: Seacock Swamp

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

Built 1953 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 365

Fortsville Road

Poor

Over: Applewhite Swamp

0.35 mi to Int. Rte. 610, Southampton, VA

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38

Route 58 EBL

Poor

Over: Nottoway Swamp

0.53 Mi. to Int. Rte. 611, Southampton, VA

Built 1930 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 11,175

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