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Cedar Springs Road over Branch

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

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

Cedar Springs Road over Branch in Smyth County, Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 435 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Smyth County rated poor (3.7%); 7 (3.7%) 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 38 ft
Location	0.35 Fr 749 - 0.1 to 705
NBI structure number	000000000017561
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
N&sbl Route 0081 over Laurel Spring Branch	1963	33,381	Fair
Interstate 81 over Nbl&sbl over Stream	1963	31,442	Fair
I-81 Nbl & Sbl over Rte 11 Nsrr Mfh River	2021	31,084	Good
Interstate 81 over Staley Creek	1962	30,390	Fair
Interstate 81 over N&sbl O Hutton Branch	1963	29,356	Fair
Route 81 over Nbl&sbl over Stream	1964	27,803	Fair