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Elon Road over Harris Creek

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

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

Elon Road over Harris Creek in Amherst County, 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 1941, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,289 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 90 of the 157 inventoried bridges in Amherst County rated fair (57.3%); 8 (5.1%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 116 ft
Location	0.45-Rt.795 / 0.80-Rt 704
NBI structure number	000000000001375
Condition class	Fair

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