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Venus Way Ext. over Smith Creek

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

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

Venus Way Ext. over Smith Creek in Alleghany County, Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1981).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 196 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated poor (4.1%); 8 (4.1%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 0064 over Pounding Mill Run	1966	17,117	Fair
Route 0064 over East Branch	1971	12,379	Good
S Durant Road over Jackson River	1971	9,699	Fair
Route 0064 over Harmon Run	1966	9,697	Fair
Route 0064 over South Fork	1966	9,141	Fair
I-64 over Thorny Branch	1966	9,141	Fair