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Chestnut Hill R705 over Pigg River

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

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

Chestnut Hill R705 over Pigg River in Franklin 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 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,118 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 174 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated poor (1.7%); 3 (1.7%) 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 105 ft
Location	1.50 Rt 954; 0.35 Rt 714
NBI structure number	000000000007916
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
220 Bus. NBL over 220 Bp	1960	14,269	Fair
Sbl Route 0220 over Blackwater River	1954	13,427	Fair
Nbl Route 0220 over Blackwater River	1969	13,427	Fair
B T Wash.hwy 122 over Roanoke River	1963	13,041	Fair
VirgilHGoodeHwy220 over Maggodee Creek	1988	12,873	Fair
Virgil H. Goode Hy over Maggodee Creek	1952	12,873	Fair