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Melbourne Road over Norfolk Southern Railway

Charlottesville city, Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Melbourne Road over Norfolk Southern Railway in Charlottesville city, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,377 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 24 inventoried bridges in Charlottesville city rated fair (50.0%); 5 (20.8%) 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 170 ft
Location	0.4-rio Rd & 0.2-grove Rd
NBI structure number	000000000020076
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 250 over Mcintire Rd & John W Pky	2015	43,545	Good
Route 0250 over Rugby Ave	1970	40,230	Poor
Route 250 Bypass over Norfolk Southern Railway	1954	40,230	Poor
Meadow Creek over Hydraulic Road	1985	29,040	Fair
Route 0250 over Meadow Brook Ck	1953	22,297	Fair
Route 0250 over Rte 29 Business	1970	22,297	Poor