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Emancipation Hw By over Old Rappahannock Canal

Fredericksburg city, Virginia · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Emancipation Hw By over Old Rappahannock Canal in Fredericksburg city, Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1945 and reconstructed in 1974, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 27,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 16 inventoried bridges in Fredericksburg city rated poor (6.2%); 1 (6.2%) 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


Structure	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 127 ft
Location	0.5M Rte1-4.1m RTE1
NBI structure number	000000000020249
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
RTE.0003 E.w.conn. over CSX Railway;service Rd	1993	43,783	Fair
Rte. 0003_E.W.CONN over over RTE.0002 (dixon St)	1993	43,783	Fair
Blue/gray Pky over over Hazel Run	1995	36,012	Fair
Emancipation Hw By over Hazel Run	1946	33,906	Fair
Emancipation Hw By over Emancipation Hw O Rte 3	1946	33,174	Fair
Cowan Blvd. over I-95	2005	22,126	Fair