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Sulphur Spring Rd over Piney Branch

Alleghany County, Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Sulphur Spring Rd over Piney Branch in Alleghany County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 196 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 136 of the 196 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated fair (69.4%); 8 (4.1%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Virginia department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 0064 over Pounding Mill Run	1966	17,117	Fair
Route 0064 over East Branch	1971	12,379	Good
S Durant Road over Jackson River	1971	9,699	Fair
Route 0064 over Harmon Run	1966	9,697	Fair
Route 0064 over South Fork	1966	9,141	Fair
I-64 over Thorny Branch	1966	9,141	Fair