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Highland Turnpike over Shaw Fork @ Headwaters

Highland County, Virginia · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Highland Turnpike over Shaw Fork @ Headwaters in Highland County, 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 1,022 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 25 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Highland County rated good (47.2%); 3 (5.7%) 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 84 ft
Location	0.01 Rt 616n-0.19 Rt 616S
NBI structure number	000000000027309
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Potomac River Road over S Branch Potomac River	1931	1,314	Fair
Potomac River Rd over Strait Creek	1931	1,314	Fair
Potomac River Road over E Branch Strait Creek	1931	1,314	Poor
Potomac Rver Road over Peck Run	2000	1,314	Good
Highland Tpke over Crab Run	1976	1,057	Fair
Rte 250 over Crab Run @ Mcdowell	2012	1,057	Good