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Route 639 over Clinch River

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

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

Route 639 over Clinch 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 701 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 131 ft
Location	0.60 to 19; 1.2 to 631
NBI structure number	000000000018605
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