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Route 0098 over Crab Orchard Creek

Bland County, Virginia · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Route 0098 over Crab Orchard Creek in Bland County, Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 261 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 122 inventoried bridges in Bland County rated poor (3.3%); 4 (3.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 83 ft
Location	00.32 Fr 52 00.18 to 605
NBI structure number	000000000003036
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 0077 over Wilderness Creek	1973	30,967	Fair
Route 0077 over N&sbl over Town Creek	1969	28,247	Fair
Route 0077 over N&sbl over Crab Creek	1975	28,247	Fair
I-77 Sbl over Route 598	1974	15,759	Fair
I-77 Nbl over Wolf Creek	1974	15,519	Fair
I-77 Nbl over Rte 606	2024	15,519	Good