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Ritch Patch Rd over Blue Spring Run

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

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

Ritch Patch Rd over Blue Spring Run in Alleghany County, Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 2019, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 276 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 52 of the 196 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated good (26.5%); 8 (4.1%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 35 ft
Location	1.00 to 618 & 0.50 to 617
NBI structure number	000000000001119
Condition class	Good

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