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Lynchburg Exp over Garfield Avenue & NS Rwy

Lynchburg city, Virginia · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Lynchburg Exp over Garfield Avenue & NS Rwy in Lynchburg city, Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 37,337 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 45 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Lynchburg city rated good (54.9%); 2 (2.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 148 ft
Location	.03-Carroll/.10-15th St.
NBI structure number	000000000020531
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 501 over Dreaming Creek	1975	47,235	Fair
SBL Lynchburg Expr over US 29 Bus SBL	1965	39,000	Fair
Route 29 Bus. over James Street	1994	37,337	Good
Route 29 Bus. over Stadium Road	1994	37,337	Good
Route 29 Business over James R;NS;CSX & C Tpk	1954	24,518	Fair
Graves Mill Road over Tomahawk Creek	1989	23,972	Good