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Route 29 NBL over James River & CSX Rwy.

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

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

Route 29 NBL over James River & CSX Rwy. in Lynchburg city, Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,256 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 45 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Lynchburg city rated good (54.9%); 2 (2.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 2,390 ft
Location	.00-Amherst /0.00Campbell
NBI structure number	000000000025697
Condition class	Good

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