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Bowers Road over Long Branch

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

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

Bowers Road over Long Branch in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957 and reconstructed in 2006, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 72 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 102 of the 159 inventoried bridges in Mecklenburg County rated fair (64.2%); 10 (6.3%) 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 22 ft
Location	0.6 Fr 678 & 2.0 to 669
NBI structure number	000000000012018
Condition class	Fair

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