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Cosby Road over Gaddes Creek

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

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

Cosby Road over Gaddes Creek in Powhatan 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 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 251 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 34 inventoried bridges in Powhatan County rated poor (8.8%); 3 (8.8%) 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 20 ft
Location	1.39 Fr 600 & 0.51 To 615
NBI structure number	000000000013851
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sbl Route 0288 over James River & CSX Railrd	2004	26,362	Fair
Nbl Route 0288 over James River & CSX Railrd	2004	26,362	Fair
Anderson Highway over Branch	1962	25,133	Fair
Route 288 Sbl over Bernards Creek	2004	22,828	Fair
Route 288 Nbl over Bernards Creek	2004	22,828	Fair
Anderson Highway over Sallee Creek	1988	11,030	Fair