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Cheaneys Bridge Rd over Dragon Run

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

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

Cheaneys Bridge Rd over Dragon Run in Essex 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 1953, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 108 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 33 inventoried bridges in Essex County rated poor (6.1%); 2 (6.1%) 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 34 ft
Location	2.1M Rte 612-0.8m Rte 684
NBI structure number	000000000006145
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Church Lane over Hoskins Creek	2003	21,115	Good
N&sbl Tidewater Tr over Piscataway Creek	1994	6,979	Fair
Church Lane over Tignor Creek	2016	6,755	Good
Ebl Rich. Tapp.hwy over Piscataway Creek	1971	5,507	Fair
Wbl Rich/tapp Hwy over Piscataway Creek	1957	5,507	Fair
Sbl Route 0017 over Mt Landing Creek	1980	3,377	Fair