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Penns Mill Rd/ 637 over Reed Creek

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

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

Penns Mill Rd/ 637 over Reed Creek in Bedford County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 158 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 93 of the 206 inventoried bridges in Bedford County rated fair (45.1%); 6 (2.9%) 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 23 ft
Location	1.10-rt 613;0.90-rt 602
NBI structure number	000000000002725
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Forest Road/221 over Norfolk Southern Railway	1994	24,589	Good
SBL Route / 221 over Conveyor Belt	1966	16,305	Fair
Stewartsville Rd24 over West Fork Beaverdam Crk	1939	14,746	Fair
Lynch-SalemTP/221 over Branch of Goose Creek	1957	14,588	Fair
T Jefferson Rd 811 over NS Railway	1987	13,140	Fair
Rte. 122 over RT.122 over Johns Creek	1990	10,448	Fair