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Route 501 over Dreaming Creek

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

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

Route 501 over Dreaming Creek in Lynchburg city, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 47,235 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Lynchburg city rated fair (42.7%); 2 (2.4%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
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
Graves Mill Road over Tomahawk Creek	1989	23,972	Good