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Fifth Street over Crab Orchard Creek

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

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

Fifth Street over Crab Orchard Creek in Bland County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955 and reconstructed in 2008, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 76 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 106 of the 122 inventoried bridges in Bland County rated fair (86.9%); 4 (3.3%) 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 41 ft
Location	0.05 to 42; 0.05 to 52
NBI structure number	000000000003135
Condition class	Fair

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