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Rt 60 Richmond Hwy over Rt 29 NBL & SBL

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

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

Rt 60 Richmond Hwy over Rt 29 NBL & SBL in Amherst County, Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,764 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 59 of the 157 inventoried bridges in Amherst County rated good (37.6%); 8 (5.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 266 ft
Location	0.52-Amhers CL/0.11-Rt 29
NBI structure number	000000000001372
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NBL&SBL Amhst Hwy over Rutledge Creek	1970	22,784	Fair
29 Bypass over South Fork Stovall Creek	2005	17,463	Fair
29 Bypass over Middle Fork Stovall Crk	2005	17,463	Fair
29 N & SBL Bypass over Higginbotham Creek	2005	17,463	Good
29 N & SBL Bypass over Branch Patridge Creek	2005	17,463	Good
29 Bypass over North Fork Stovall Creek	2005	17,463	Good