Total bridges
19
Public highway bridges in Waynesboro city County
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Waynesboro city County, VA
19 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.1% rated Good, 52.6% Fair, 5.3% Poor.
- 19
- Public bridges
- 42.1%
- Good condition
- 5.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Waynesboro city County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 87th
- of 129 on Poor share
- 5.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 19
- public highway bridges
- 1976
- 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.
Waynesboro city County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Waynesboro city County ranks #87 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.3%). Waynesboro city County, Virginia contains 19 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.1% are rated “Good,” 52.6% “Fair,” and 5.3% “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.
Good condition
42.1%
8 of 19 rated 7-9
Fair condition
52.6%
10 of 19 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.3%
1 of 19 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#87 of 129
Among Virginia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 19 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42.1% (8)
Fair 52.6% (10)
Poor 5.3% (1)
Waynesboro city County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,882 vehicle crossings a day
That is 8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 9,882 crossings a day against 4,569 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 19 of 19 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
63.2% of Waynesboro city County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
12 of the 19 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 42.1% 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
HOPEMAN PARKWAY over CSX RAILWAY, built 1967, carries 9,882 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 9,882 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Waynesboro city County's bridges were built
19 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
6 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 6 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Virginia average (1974).
How Waynesboro city County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Virginia counties nearest Waynesboro city County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 128 Virginia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester County | 21 | 47.6% | 52.4% | 0% | 1977 |
| Waynesboro city County (this page) | 19 | 42.1% | 52.6% | 5.3% | 1976 |
| Buena Vista city County | 18 | 44.4% | 55.6% | 0% | 1976 |
| Fredericksburg city County | 18 | 44.4% | 44.4% | 11.1% | 1983 |
| Staunton city County | 18 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% | 1972 |
| Salem city County | 17 | 47.1% | 41.2% | 11.8% | 1963 |
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 Waynesboro city 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 Waynesboro city County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside VA (19 bridges here).
- Gilpin County, CO · 19 bridges
- Blaine County, NE · 19 bridges
- Thomas County, NE · 19 bridges
- Foster County, ND · 19 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (8)
ROUTE 0000
GoodOver: DELP AVE O ROCKFISH RUN
0143SCL WAYNB0009250, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 1977 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 7,825
10TH STREET
GoodOver: ROCKFISH RUN
.01S Kirby AV- .10Jackson, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 2013 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,200
MAIN ST (RT 340)
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER
0.01EASTAVE-0.00MCELROY, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 2017 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 6,179
NORTH OAK LANE
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER
0.10STAN AVE 0.10S OAK LN, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 2007 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 444
BROAD ST (RT 250)
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER
1.95ECL WAYN&2.07WCL WAYN, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 1957 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 9,718
FLORENCE AVE.
GoodOver: CSX RAILROAD
0030CITY-H-B 0025E-SOUTH-, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 1960 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 915
A Street
GoodOver: Steele Run
0.6 mi. E of Rte 340, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 2022 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 1,316
N Delphine Ave
GoodOver: STEELES RUN
0091250 0100NCL WAYN, Waynesboro city, VA
Built 1983 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 8,952
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