West Water St over NS Railway

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

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

• West Water St over NS Railway in Rockingham County, 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 1910, making it 115 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 3,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1998).
• It is one of 125 of the 287 inventoried bridges in Rockingham County rated fair (43.6%); 9 (3.1%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• It was rated poor in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (deck 3 to 6, superstructure 4 to 5, substructure 4 to 5).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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