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Westmoreland County, VA

22 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.5% rated Good, 54.5% Fair, 0% Poor.

22
Public bridges
45.5%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Westmoreland County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 13%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
22
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.

Westmoreland County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Westmoreland County ranks #17 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Westmoreland County, Virginia contains 22 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.5% are rated “Good,” 54.5% “Fair,” and 0% “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

22

Public highway bridges in Westmoreland County

Good condition

45.5%

10 of 22 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54.5%

12 of 22 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 22 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#17 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 22 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
45.5% (10)
Fair
54.5% (12)
Poor
0% (0)

54.5% of Westmoreland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

12 of the 22 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 45.5% 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.

When Westmoreland County's bridges were built

22 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1920s, when 3 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 13.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 95 to 104 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 Westmoreland County compares with Virginia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Virginia counties nearest Westmoreland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Westmoreland County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Charlottesville city County 24 20.8%
Richmond County 23 0%
Charles City County 22 9.1%
Westmoreland County (this page) 22 0%
Gloucester County 21 0%
Waynesboro city County 19 5.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (22 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 22 Good 10 Fair 12 Poor 0

All bridges (22)

KINGS HWY.

Fair

Over: POPES CREEK

4.2M RTE347-0.7M RTE204, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1929 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 7,495

WINTER HARBOUR RD.

Fair

Over: POPES CREEK

0.1M RTE3-0.1M RTE654, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1944 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 47

KINGS HWY.

Fair

Over: CHANDLERS MILL POND

0.2M MONTROSS-3.3M RTE214, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1927 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 5,812

NEENAH RD.

Fair

Over: MARSHALL CREEK

0.5M RTE621-2.9M RTE202, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 389

NOMINI GROVE RD.

Fair

Over: NOMINI CREEK

0.6M RTE612-1.2M RTE621, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 263

PANORAMA RD.

Fair

Over: CHANDLERS MILL STREAM

0.5M Rte.3-1.9M RTE644, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 543

WINTER HARBOR RD.

Fair

Over: FOX HALL SWAMP

1.3M RTE654-1.2M RTE625, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 81

WILD SALLY RD.

Fair

Over: BLACK SWAMP

0.3M RTE 622-2.2M RTE 214, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 183

RIDGE RD.

Fair

Over: ROSIER CREEK

3.6M COL.BEACH-0.1M K.GEO, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1930 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 5,375

KINGS HWY.

Fair

Over: MATTOX CREEK

0.7M RTE205-2.1M K.GEO.CO, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1928 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 6,315

ROUTE 0202

Fair

Over: NOMINI CREEK @ MT HOLLY

9.3M RTE203-3.1M RTE202, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1984 Load: 78.7 t ADT: 2,977

HORNER MILL RD.

Fair

Over: HORNERS MILL STREAM

1.6M RTE640-0.6M RTE678, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1980 Load: 82.2 t ADT: 153

MONROE BAY CIRCLE

Good

Over: MONROE CREEK

0.1M RTE628-1.3M DEADEND, Westmoreland, VA

Built 2023 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,180

NOMINI HALL RD.

Good

Over: BEALES MILL

1.6M RTE600-0.1M RTE626, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 542

LAYTON LANDING RD.

Good

Over: PEEDEE CREEK

0.9M RTE641-0.2M RTE637, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 93

TUCKER HILL RD.

Good

Over: JACKSON CREEK

0.8M RTE612-1.2M RTE611, Westmoreland, VA

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 205

RIDGE RD.

Good

Over: TIDES MILL STREAM

0.2M COL.BEACH-3.5M K.GEO, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1933 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,375

JAMES MONROE HWY.

Good

Over: MATTOX CREEK

1.3M RTE3-3.2M RTE205Y, Westmoreland, VA

Built 2016 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 6,775

BAYNESVILLE RD

Good

Over: BIG SWAMP

1.7M RTE3-0.9M RTE691, Westmoreland, VA

Built 2017 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 192

KINSALE RD.

Good

Over: KINSALE CREEK

0.1M RTE203-0.3M RTE607, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1996 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 324

HAMPT. HALL BR. RD

Good

Over: HAMPTON HALL CREEK

NORTHUMB.-WESTMORE. CO.LN, Westmoreland, VA

Built 1999 Load: 62.0 t ADT: 3,349

PROSPECT HILL RD.

Good

Over: NOMINI CREEK

0.8M Rt 202 - 1.4M Rt 600, Westmoreland, VA

Built 2014 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 518

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