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Dotson Creek Road over Birchfield Creek

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

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

Dotson Creek Road over Birchfield Creek in Wise 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 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 109 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 122 of the 165 inventoried bridges in Wise County rated fair (73.9%); 5 (3.0%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-23 / US-58A Wbl over US-58A Wbl; SR-283 Nbl	1981	19,665	Fair
Route 0023 over Private Entrance	1981	19,665	Fair
Route 23 over over Slide Area	1989	15,602	Fair
23/58AOrbyCantrell over Route 619	1995	15,192	Fair
23/58A over Lost Creek Dr Lost Ck	1995	15,192	Good
23/58A over KY.AV(SR74);NS;GUEST Rv	1995	15,192	Fair