River Road over Cowpasture River

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

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

• River Road over Cowpasture River in Bath 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 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 57 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 18 of the 73 inventoried bridges in Bath County rated good (24.7%); 5 (6.8%) 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.

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

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