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Jopling Road RT643 over Br. of Big Otter River

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

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

Jopling Road RT643 over Br. of Big Otter River 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 1932 and reconstructed in 2009, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 279 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
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 24 ft
Location	1.00 Rt 675; 0.60 Rt 849
NBI structure number	000000000002741
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