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Rte 19 SBL/460 Wbl over Bluestone River

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

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

Rte 19 SBL/460 Wbl over Bluestone River in Tazewell County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1934 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,405 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 151 of the 203 inventoried bridges in Tazewell County rated fair (74.4%); 10 (4.9%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 42 ft
Location	10.98frrt61&2.8towclblfld
NBI structure number	000000000018407
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 460/67 over Mudlick Ck	1949	16,577	Fair
George C Peery Hwy over Big Town Hill Creek	1947	16,577	Good
Route 0460 over Stream	1979	16,253	Fair
Route 460 over Clinch River& Rte 460B	1973	14,314	Fair
Jim Boyd Blvd over Bluestone River	2011	11,133	Good
Front St Rte 460 over Clinch River	2013	11,033	Good