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South Main St. over Chestnut Creek

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

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

South Main St. over Chestnut Creek in Galax city, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1948 and reconstructed in 1995, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,699 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 5 inventoried bridges in Galax city rated fair (60.0%); 0 (0.0%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 338 ft
Location	015358 001697
NBI structure number	000000000020277
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
East Stuart Dr. over Chestnt Ck @	1941	16,063	Fair
Glendale Road over Mill Creek	1999	6,299	Good
South Main St. over Chestnut Creek	1948	5,117	Fair
Grayson Street over Chestnut Creek	1993	2,037	Good