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York County, VA

122 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 19.7% rated Good, 79.5% Fair, 0.8% Poor.

122
Public bridges: 19.7%
Good condition: 0.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 22%
lowest Poor share in state: 0.8%
Poor-condition share: 122
public highway bridges: 1979
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.

York County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, York County ranks #28 of 129 Virginia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.8%). York County, Virginia contains 122 public highway bridges. Roughly 19.7% are rated “Good,” 79.5% “Fair,” and 0.8% “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

122

Public highway bridges in York County

Good condition

19.7%

24 of 122 rated 7-9

Fair condition

79.5%

97 of 122 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0.8%

1 of 122 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#28 of 129

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

Condition distribution

Share of 122 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

19.7% (24)

Fair

79.5% (97)

Poor

0.8% (1)

York County's Poor-condition bridges carry 40,889 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 40,889 crossings a day against 37,808 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 122 of 122 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

43.4% of York County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

53 of the 122 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 19.7% 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

IS 64 WBL S Appr over Hampton Roads, built 1957, carries 40,889 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 40,889 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

4
1950s

18
1960s

28
1970s

10
1980s

28
1990s

17
2000s

10
2010s

3
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 28 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1979, 5 years newer than the Virginia average of 1974.

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

The 5 Virginia counties nearest York County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 6 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for York County and the 5 Virginia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Prince George County	132	6.8%	88.6%	4.5%	1975
Richmond city County	125	11.2%	73.6%	15.2%	1972
Bland County	122	11.5%	82.8%	5.7%	1968
York County (this page)	122	19.7%	79.5%	0.8%	1979
Virginia Beach city County	119	38.7%	59.7%	1.7%	1983
Floyd County	115	47%	53%	0%	1965

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside VA (122 bridges here).

Conway County, AR · 122 bridges
Jefferson County, TN · 122 bridges
Burleson County, TX · 122 bridges
Maverick County, TX · 122 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside VA (1979 here).

Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges

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

All 122 Good 24 Fair 97 Poor 1

All bridges (122)

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York County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

York County's Poor-condition bridges carry 40,889 vehicle crossings a day

43.4% of York County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

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

How York 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 (122)

COLONIAL PARKWAY

COLONIAL PARKWAY

YORKTOWN WEST TOUR

IS 64 EBL & WBL

COLONIAL PARKWAY

COLONIAL PARKWAY

COLONIAL PARKWAY

US 17

COLONIAL PARKWAY

COLONIAL PARKWAY

IS 64 EBL

IS 64 WBL N Appr

I-64 WBL

I-64 EBL & WBL

Route 17 NBL

YORKTOWN WEST TOUR

Route 17 SBL

East Queens Drive

Bypass Road

I-64 EBL & WBL

I-64 WBL Ramp

COLONIAL PARKWAY

IS 664 SBL S Appr

IS 64 EBL S Appr

Ramps D & E

Off Ramp Fr HRCP

YORKTOWN WEST TOUR

I-64 WBL

I-664 SBL Ramp GH

IS 664 NBL S Appr

34th St WBL

IS 64 EBL N Appr

IS 664 N Appr

West Queens Drive

Route 199 NBL

Route 199 SBL

I-64

I-64 WBL & EBL

US17

64 WBL Flyover J

IS 64 EBL Ramp F

Route 646 SBL

IS 64 EBL

Route 646 NBL

IS 664 NBL Ramp B

I-664 SBL Ramp N

Lodge Road

I-64 WBL

IS 664 SBL Ramp H

Ramps D & E

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