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Route 0605 over Big Walker Creek #2

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

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

Route 0605 over Big Walker Creek #2 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 86 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 66 ft
Location	1.10-Rt.98 ;0.70-DEAD END
NBI structure number	000000000003057
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