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Hwy-forty-nine over Goodells Creek

Mecklenburg County, Virginia · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Hwy-forty-nine over Goodells Creek in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1952 and reconstructed in 2004, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,085 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 47 of the 159 inventoried bridges in Mecklenburg County rated good (29.6%); 10 (6.3%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 220 ft
Location	.95 Fr. 701 .45 to 609
NBI structure number	000000000011865
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-85 over TRIBUTARY of SMITH CREEK	1965	27,360	Fair
Route I-85 Sbl over Reed Road	1964	14,213	Fair
Route I-85 Sbl over Smith Creek	1963	13,728	Fair
Sbl Route I-85 over Roanoke River	1964	13,728	Poor
Route I-85 Nbl over Smith Creek	1963	13,632	Fair
Nbl Route 0085 over Roanoke River	1964	13,632	Fair