Home › Virginia › Brunswick County › Sbl I-85 over Waqua Creek

Sbl I-85 over Waqua Creek

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

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

Sbl I-85 over Waqua Creek in Brunswick 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,355 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 112 of the 153 inventoried bridges in Brunswick County rated fair (73.2%); 12 (7.8%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 230 ft
Location	3.36 Fr 630 & 1.43 to 712
NBI structure number	000000000003632
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate-85 Nbl over Nottoway River	1968	12,874	Fair
Interstate-85 Sbl over Nottoway River	1968	12,408	Fair
Nbl Route 0085 over Waqua Creek	1969	12,394	Fair
Nbl Route 0085 over Pitchkettle Road Rte 614	1969	12,288	Fair
Route I-85 Nbl over N&S Railway (abandoned)	1969	12,288	Fair
Nbl Route 0085 over Sturgeon Creek	1969	12,288	Fair