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Smith Cross Road over Dockory Creek

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

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

Smith Cross Road over Dockory 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 culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1958, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 509 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	Good condition

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