Home › Virginia › Lynchburg city › Route 29 Business over James R;NS;CSX &

Route 29 Business over James R;NS;CSX & C Tpk

Lynchburg city, Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Route 29 Business over James R;NS;CSX & C Tpk in Lynchburg city, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954 and reconstructed in 1975, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,518 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Lynchburg city rated fair (42.7%); 2 (2.4%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,539 ft
Location	.00 Amherst / .00 Lynch.
NBI structure number	000000000001341
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 501 over Dreaming Creek	1975	47,235	Fair
SBL Lynchburg Expr over US 29 Bus SBL	1965	39,000	Fair
Route 29 Bus. over James Street	1994	37,337	Good
Route 29 Bus. over Stadium Road	1994	37,337	Good
Lynchburg Exp over Garfield Avenue & NS Rwy	1959	37,337	Good
Graves Mill Road over Tomahawk Creek	1989	23,972	Good