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Candlers Mtn Rd over Route 29 Business

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

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

Candlers Mtn Rd over Route 29 Business in Lynchburg 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 1959 and reconstructed in 1983, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,179 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Lynchburg city rated poor (2.4%); 2 (2.4%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 143 ft
Location	.29 Rt 29BP/1.43 Rt 460BP
NBI structure number	000000000020547
Condition class	Poor

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
Lynchburg Exp over Garfield Avenue & NS Rwy	1959	37,337	Good
Route 29 Business over James R;NS;CSX & C Tpk	1954	24,518	Fair