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Big Valley Road over Dry Branch

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

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

Big Valley Road over Dry Branch in Highland 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 1926, making it 99 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 64 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Highland County rated poor (5.7%); 3 (5.7%) 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 30 ft
Location	7.57 Rt 694 - .03 Rt 606
NBI structure number	000000000010266
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Potomac River Road over S Branch Potomac River	1931	1,314	Fair
Potomac River Rd over Strait Creek	1931	1,314	Fair
Potomac River Road over E Branch Strait Creek	1931	1,314	Poor
Potomac Rver Road over Peck Run	2000	1,314	Good
Highland Tpke over Crab Run	1976	1,057	Fair
Rte 250 over Crab Run @ Mcdowell	2012	1,057	Good