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Essex Mill Rd. over Mill Creek

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

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

Essex Mill Rd. over Mill Creek in Essex County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 737 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 23 of the 33 inventoried bridges in Essex County rated fair (69.7%); 2 (6.1%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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