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Warren County, VA

81 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.6% rated Good, 64.2% Fair, 1.2% Poor.

81
Public bridges: 34.6%
Good condition: 1.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 27%
lowest Poor share in state: 1.2%
Poor-condition share: 81
public highway bridges: 1974
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.

Warren County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Warren County ranks #35 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.2%). Warren County, Virginia contains 81 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.6% are rated “Good,” 64.2% “Fair,” and 1.2% “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

Public highway bridges in Warren County

Good condition

34.6%

28 of 81 rated 7-9

Fair condition

64.2%

52 of 81 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.2%

1 of 81 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#35 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 81 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

34.6% (28)

Fair

64.2% (52)

Poor

1.2% (1)

Warren County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,750 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,750 crossings a day against 5,427 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 81 of 81 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

50.6% of Warren County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

41 of the 81 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 34.6% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

8TH STREET over HAPPY CREEK, built 1965, carries 1,750 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,750 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

2
1920s

2
1930s

5
1940s

4
1960s

11
1970s

35
1980s

4
1990s

10
2000s

2
2010s

6

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 43.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Virginia average (1974).

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Warren County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.2% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Warren County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Prince Edward County	82	42.7%	51.2%	6.1%	1978
Warren County (this page)	81	34.6%	64.2%	1.2%	1974
Isle of Wight County	80	30%	65%	5%	1979
Lynchburg city County	80	55%	42.5%	2.5%	1977
Madison County	80	28.8%	65%	6.3%	1971
Dickenson County	76	7.9%	90.8%	1.3%	1970

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (81 bridges here).

Berrien County, GA · 81 bridges
Fayette County, GA · 81 bridges
Sumter County, GA · 81 bridges
White County, GA · 81 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1974 here).

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges

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

All 81 Good 28 Fair 52 Poor 1

All bridges (81)

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Warren County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Warren County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,750 vehicle crossings a day

50.6% of Warren County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Warren 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

All bridges (81)

PROSPECT STREET

COMMERCE AVENUE

BOWMANS MILL RD

6TH STREET

STONEWALL DRIVE

LONG MEADOW RD

STONEWALL JACKSON

RELIANCE RD

RELIANCE RD

ROUTE 66 WBL

ROUTE 66 EBL

BUCKS MILL RD

BENTONVILLE RD

HOWELLSVILLE RD

BROWNTOWN RD

BROWNTOWN RD

WESTMINSTER DRIVE

E MAIN ST

STRASBURG RD

FIERY RUN RD

I-66 EBL

I-66 WBL

I-66 WBL

I-66 EBL

WINCHESTER RD

I-66 EBL

ROUTE 66 EBL

ROUTE 66 WBL

I-66 WBL

I-66 WBL RAMP

I-81 NBL

I-81 SBL

ROUTE 66 EBL

ROUTE 66 WBL

NORTH RIVER RD

RIVERMONT DR

SULPHUR SPRINGS RD

I-66 WBL

ROUTE 66 EBL

I-66 WBL

I-66 EBL

RITENOUR HOLLOW RD

SHENANDOAH SHORES

SHENANDOAH SHORES

DISMAL HOLLOW RD

ROUTE 66 WBL

I-66 EBL

I-66 EBL

I-66 WBL

I-66

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