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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

81

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.

When Warren County's bridges were built

81 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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).

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

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 Poor
Prince Edward County 82 6.1%
Warren County (this page) 81 1.2%
Isle of Wight County 80 5%
Lynchburg city County 80 2.5%
Madison County 80 6.3%
Dickenson County 76 1.3%

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).

Similar average build year

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

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)

I-66 EBL

Fair

Over: TRIB SHENANDOAH RIVER

1.90 TO 340 - 4.30 TO 79, Warren, VA

Built 1974 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 16,020

MILLDALE RD

Fair

Over: BORDENS MARSH

0.43 TO 644 - 0.07 TO 642, Warren, VA

Built 1980 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 396

LIMETON MAIN ST

Good

Over: FLINT RUN

0.30 TO 654 - 2.90 TO 631, Warren, VA

Built 1984 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 536

HARMONY ORCHARD RD

Good

Over: HAPPY CREEK

0.90 TO END - 0.02 TO 604, Warren, VA

Built 1994 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 261

APPLE MOUNTAIN RD

Good

Over: MANASSAS RUN

0.03 TO 55-0.23 END MAINT, Warren, VA

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,215

GORE RD

Good

Over: MANASSAS RUN

0.03 TO END - 0.02 TO 647, Warren, VA

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 92

REFUGE CHURCH RD

Good

Over: CROOKED RUN

0.10 TO 802 - 0.07 TO 641, Warren, VA

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 347

STRASBURG RD

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY PASSAGE CREEK

1.12 TO 678 - 0.10 TO 614, Warren, VA

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,761

HARMONY HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: HAPPY CREEK

0.10 TO 601 - 0.40 TO 602, Warren, VA

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 270

RITENOUR HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: WEST RUN

0.09 TO 627 - 0.01 TO 736, Warren, VA

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 920

INDIAN HOLLOW ROAD

Good

Over: SPUR SF SHENANDOAH RIVER

5.68 TO 608 - 0.22 TO 628, Warren, VA

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 362

N SHENANDOAH AVE

Good

Over: N F SHEN RIVER & NS RWY

0.10 RT 55 - 0.30 RT 637, Warren, VA

Built 1941 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 31,222

HAPPY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: HAPPY CREEK

0020522 BP 0090522, Warren, VA

Built 1992 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,844

SOUTH STREET

Good

Over: HAPPY CREEK

0.01 522-0.16 Blueridge, Warren, VA

Built 1986 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 15,875

HARMONY HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: SLOAN CREEK

1.76 TO 671 - 0.00 TO 522, Warren, VA

Built 1984 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 510

HAPPY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: LEACH RUN

.1 6TH ST-.01 SYCAMORE LA, Warren, VA

Built 2006 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 7,825

MOUNTAIN RD

Good

Over: PASSAGE CREEK

0.31 TO 615 - 0.20 TO 678, Warren, VA

Built 1976 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 1,173

N SHEN AVE-340/522

Good

Over: S F SHEN RIVER & NS RWY

0.05 18TH-0.08 STBURG RD, Warren, VA

Built 2016 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 29,273

STRASBURG RD

Good

Over: PASSAGE CREEK

0.01 TO 614 - 1.22 TO 678, Warren, VA

Built 1994 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 4,761

STONEWALL JACKSON

Good

Over: GOONEY CREEK &PRIVATE RD

1.80 TO 737 - 0.35 TO 605, Warren, VA

Built 2015 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 6,915

BENTONVILLE RD

Good

Over: GREASY RUN

0.38 TO 631N-0.02 TO 631S, Warren, VA

Built 1918 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 281

BUCK MOUNTAIN RD

Good

Over: GOONEY CREEK

0.70 TO 631 - 0.00 TO 649, Warren, VA

Built 1995 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 216

MORGAN FORD RD

Good

Over: SHENANDOAH RIVER

0.30 TO 643 - 1.50 TO 661, Warren, VA

Built 2018 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 1,785

CRISER ROAD

Good

Over: HAPPY CREEK

.04 RT522-.11 OLD BELMONT, Warren, VA

Built 2018 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 4,730

INDIAN HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: S F SHENANDOAH RIVER

0.08 TO 628 - 5.82 TO 608, Warren, VA

Built 2014 Load: 84.0 t ADT: 362

DISMAL HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: MANASSAS RUN

0.20 TO 55 - 0.70 TO 651, Warren, VA

Built 1932 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 3,007

I-66 WBL

Good

Over: TRIB SHENANDOAH RIVER

1.90 TO 340 - 4.3 TO 79, Warren, VA

Built 1974 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 16,056

MORGAN FORD RD

Good

Over: MANASSAS RUN

0.27 TO 647 - 0.22 TO 645, Warren, VA

Built 1974 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 3,741

REFUGE CHURCH RD

Good

Over: STEPHENS RUN

0.05 TO 641-0.11 FREDERIC, Warren, VA

Built 1966 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 347

THOMPSON HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: FLINT RUN

0.80 TO 613 - 1.45 TO END, Warren, VA

Built 1992 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 262

8TH STREET

Poor

Over: HAPPY CREEK

0.06 Crosby Rd-0.07 522, Warren, VA

Built 1965 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 1,750

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.