Home › Virginia › Highland County › Ruckman Lane over S Br Potomac River

Ruckman Lane over S Br Potomac River

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

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

Ruckman Lane over S Br Potomac River in Highland County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 1987, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 123 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 25 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Highland County rated fair (47.2%); 3 (5.7%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 28 ft
Location	0.37 Rt 657 - 0.08 Rt 640
NBI structure number	000000000010333
Condition class	Fair

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