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Richmond Hwy. over Chopawamsic Creek

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

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

Richmond Hwy. over Chopawamsic Creek in Stafford 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 1933, making it 92 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20,738 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Stafford County rated poor (2.6%); 3 (2.6%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nbl & Sbl I-95 over Falls Run	1964	169,972	Fair
Nbl Route I-95 over Route 0630	1963	75,395	Fair
Nbl Rte. I-95 over Austin Run	1964	75,395	Fair
I-95 Nbl Gp over Rappahannock River	2022	75,370	Good
Nbl Rte. I-95 over Rte. 17	2020	73,112	Good
Nbl Route 0095 over Potomac Creek	1963	71,156	Fair