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13th St S.W. over Virginia Ave O NS Rwy

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

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

13th St S.W. over Virginia Ave O NS Rwy in Roanoke 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 1963 and reconstructed in 1984, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,385 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Roanoke city rated poor (1.1%); 1 (1.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 122 ft
Location	1.60 Rt 116;2.90 Rte 117
NBI structure number	000000000021663
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Orange Ave over Tinker Creek	1930	40,023	Fair
Orange Ave. EB over Tributary to Tinker Crk.	1972	40,023	Good
Hershberger Rd/101 over Branch Lick Run	1965	38,263	Fair
Hershberger Rd. over Aviation Drive	1985	38,263	Fair
Rt 24/ELM Avenue over Routes 581 & 220	1968	27,031	Fair
Dale Avenue over Tinker Creek	1936	26,638	Fair