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I-81 Sbl over Va Creeper Hiking Trail

Washington County, Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

I-81 Sbl over Va Creeper Hiking Trail in Washington County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961 and reconstructed in 1982, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25,717 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 149 of the 186 inventoried bridges in Washington County rated fair (80.1%); 4 (2.2%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 208 ft
Location	0.89 Fr. 75; 1.63 to 11.
NBI structure number	000000000022399
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-81 Nbl & Sbl over NS Railway & Beaver Ck	1963	54,321	Fair
I-81 Sbl & Nbl over Old Airport Road	1994	54,000	Fair
I-81 NB & SB over Creek	1963	51,598	Fair
Route I-81 N&sbl over Town Creek	1961	51,110	Fair
I-81 Nbl & Sbl over Wolf Creek	1961	47,735	Fair
Interstate 81 over Stoffel Creek	1961	47,675	Fair