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Rock Barn Road over Buffalo Creek

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

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

Rock Barn Road over Buffalo Creek in Halifax 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 1962, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 129 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 160 inventoried bridges in Halifax County rated poor (6.9%); 11 (6.9%) 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 90 ft
Location	1.07-Rt 670/1.43-Rt 638
NBI structure number	000000000009250
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Broad Street over Dan River	1972	16,492	Good
John Randolf Blvd. over Reedy Creek	1938	11,418	Fair
Greens Folly Road over NS Railway	1963	7,758	Fair
James D Hagood Hy over Piney Creek	1965	5,797	Fair
Huell Matthews Hy over Stokes Creek	1993	5,555	Fair
John Randolph BLVD over NS Railway & Dan River	2005	5,430	Good