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Columbia Street over Broad Rock Creek

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

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

Columbia Street over Broad Rock Creek in Richmond city, Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1988).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 125 inventoried bridges in Richmond city rated poor (13.6%); 17 (13.6%) 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 25 ft
Location	.06 Dallas Av .03DRAKE St
NBI structure number	000000000021359
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Chippenham Parkway over Rattlesnake Creek	1990	49,766	Fair
Monument Avenue over Rte. 195 & CSX Railroad	1975	41,629	Fair
Chippenham Parkway over Stoney Point Road	1989	38,572	Fair
Chippenham Parkway over Stream	1989	38,572	Good
Belvidere Street over 2ND;JAMES Rv;ns;csx;ramp	1989	34,401	Fair
Belvidere Street over Interstate-95	1958	33,764	Fair