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Washington County, VA

186 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 17.2% rated Good, 81.7% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

186
Public bridges
17.2%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Washington County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 24%
lowest Poor share in state
1.1%
Poor-condition share
186
public highway bridges
1968
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.

Washington County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Washington County ranks #31 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Washington County, Virginia contains 186 public highway bridges. Roughly 17.2% are rated “Good,” 81.7% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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

186

Public highway bridges in Washington County

Good condition

17.2%

32 of 186 rated 7-9

Fair condition

81.7%

152 of 186 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

2 of 186 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#31 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 186 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
17.2% (32)
Fair
81.7% (152)
Poor
1.1% (2)

Washington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,790 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,895 crossings a day against 5,775 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 186 of 186 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

64% of Washington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

119 of the 186 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 17.2% 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 98.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Lee Highway over HALL CREEK, built 1932, carries 3,734 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,790 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Washington County's bridges were built

186 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 59 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 6 years older than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Washington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 7 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Washington County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Montgomery County 196 2.6%
Smyth County 190 4.2%
Chesapeake city County 187 5.9%
Washington County (this page) 186 1.1%
Arlington County 183 3.8%
Wythe County 181 3.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (186 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1968 here).

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

All 186 Good 32 Fair 152 Poor 2

All bridges (186)

MILL CREEK RD.

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

1.20 FR 730; 0.80 TO 605, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 282

LINDELL ROAD

Fair

Over: LOGAN CREEK

0.10 FR. 830; 0.05 TO 743, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 658

LINDELL ROAD

Fair

Over: LOGAN CREEK

0.14-RT743 & 0.01 TO 830, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 658

MILL CREEK RD.

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

1.90 FR 730; 0.10 TO 605, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 282

GRASSY RIDGE RD.

Fair

Over: BIG LAUREL CREEK

3.45 FR 726; 0.05 TO 58, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 56

Lee Highway

Fair

Over: GREENWAY CREEK

1.33 TO 80 & 3.37 FR 58, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 5,034

CRESCENT ROAD

Fair

Over: MCHENRY CREEK

1.47 TO SCL - 7.12 FR 11, Washington, VA

Built 1926 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 2,456

SBL ROUTE I-81

Fair

Over: OLD DOMINION ROAD

1.61 FR. 658; 0.97 TO 11, Washington, VA

Built 1963 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 25,536

NBL ROUTE I-81

Fair

Over: OLD DOMINION ROAD

1.61 FR. 658; 0.97 TO 11, Washington, VA

Built 1963 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 26,062

ROUTE 726

Fair

Over: VALLEY CREEK

0.05 FR. 725; 0.45 TO 727, Washington, VA

Built 1937 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 278

JEB STUART HWY

Fair

Over: STRAIGHT BRANCH

10.09FRGRAYCL;5.34TO91, Washington, VA

Built 1950 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 528

BRUMLEY GAP ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE MOCCASIN CREEK

.05FRRT19;3.05TORT688, Washington, VA

Built 1927 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 658

PORTERFIELD HWY

Fair

Over: GREENDALE CREEK

5.64 RUSSELL&4.79 FR 58, Washington, VA

Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 15,759

LITTLE WOLF RUN

Fair

Over: ABRAMS CREEK

.05M TO 629 & .56M TO 629, Washington, VA

Built 1997 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 61

PORTERFIELD HIWAY

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.41 RTE 848;0.16 RTE 58A, Washington, VA

Built 1933 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 20,182

I-81 SBL

Fair

Over: RT 75

2.15 FR. 647; 2.52 TO 11, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 23,780

I-81 NBL

Fair

Over: ROUTE 75

2.15 FR. 647; 2.52 TO 11., Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 25,393

OLD JONESBORO ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH

0.25 FR. 611; 1.55 TO 663, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,557

A STREET

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

0.04 KG MTN;0.03 GRN SPSR, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,263

I-81 NBL

Fair

Over: ISLAND RD & MUMPOWER CK

1.96 R 11& 3.58 TENN LINE, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 23,016

LEE HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: HUTTON CREEK

2.05MTOSMYTHCO&.1OMTO81, Washington, VA

Built 1918 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,919

PORTERFIELD HWY

Fair

Over: LITTLE MOCCASIN CREEK

0.36 FR. 690; 1.51 TO 689, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 14,579

CROSS LANE

Fair

Over: LITTLE MOCCASIN CREEK

.25FRRT19;.03TORT 802, Washington, VA

Built 1921 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 138

GREEN SPRING ROAD

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

.97 TO TENN&9.0 FR I-81 S, Washington, VA

Built 1951 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,414

LAKE RD.

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

1.52FRRT669;.05TORT670, Washington, VA

Built 1955 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 332

TUMBLING CREEK RD

Fair

Over: TUMBLING CREEK

0.60 FR. 611; 0.20 TO 613, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 148

LEE HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: SPRING BRANCH

.40 ECL BRIS;7.2 WCL ABIN, Washington, VA

Built 1939 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 7,888

KINGS MILL PIKE

Fair

Over: SINKING CREEK

0.48 FR. 668; 0.01 TO 648, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,993

HAYTERS GAP ROAD

Fair

Over: N FORK HOLSTON RIVER

1.81 fr. 700; 0.04 to 772, Washington, VA

Built 1968 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 658

I-81 SBL

Fair

Over: RT 611 & SPRING CREEK

3.13 TO 11; 1.87 FR 647, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 25,002

I-81 NBL

Fair

Over: RT 611 & SPRING CREEK

3.12 FR. 11; 1.87 TO 647, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 25,934

RTE F034 & RMP NBL

Fair

Over: HUTTON CREEK

0004BEG SR RD0152END SR R, Washington, VA

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 71

POTERFIELD HWY.

Fair

Over: LITTLE MOCCASIN CREEK

6.97FR58A;3.35RUSSELLCO, Washington, VA

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,759

GREEN SPRING RD.

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

2.4 TO 670 & 3.3 TO 81, Washington, VA

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

Green Spring Rd.

Fair

Over: SPOON GAP CREEK

.05 TO 670 - .74 FR 818, Washington, VA

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

GLENBROOK AVE.

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

.08 TO 11&14.97 FR RUSSEL, Washington, VA

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,856

R0UTE 0081 N&SBL

Fair

Over: HUTTON CREEK

0.04FR11; 2.14T SMYTHCO, Washington, VA

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,486

RTE 81 NBL & SBL

Fair

Over: FIFTEEN MILE CREEK

0.40 FR 11; 6.36 TO 737, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,887

I-81 NBL & SBL

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

1.22 FR 647; 0.93 TO 75, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 47,735

I-81 NB & SB

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.58 TO EX7 &1.0 TO EX10, Washington, VA

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 51,598

ON RAMP I-81 NORTH

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

.16 TO 81 & .01 TO 611, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 897

MONTE VISTA DRIVE

Fair

Over: BRANCH

6.62 FR SCL-1.97 TO RT11, Washington, VA

Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,158

ROUTE 91

Fair

Over: STREAM

4.0 FR 803;4.0 TO 58, Washington, VA

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,834

SPRING CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.00 FR. I-81; 0.02 TO 11, Washington, VA

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,823

JASPER CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SMITH CREEK

0.00 TO 614; 1.20 TO 616, Washington, VA

Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 126

WYNDALE ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

.05 TO R661& 1.25 FR R662, Washington, VA

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,475

GREEN SPRING CH RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH

0.05 FR 674; 1.90 TO 664, Washington, VA

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,504

WHITES MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: TOOLE CREEK

1.0 TO 700 & 1.70 TO 695, Washington, VA

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 620

WHITES MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: TOOLE CREEK

2.15 TO 695&0.55 TO 700, Washington, VA

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 620

ROUTE 0700

Fair

Over: ABRAMS CREEK

1.04 FR. 617; 0.01 TO 634, Washington, VA

Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 374

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