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Forks of Water Rd over Strait Creek

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

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

Forks of Water Rd over Strait Creek 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 1932 and reconstructed in 2003, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 52 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
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 120 ft
Location	0.03 Rt 220-1.73 Dead End
NBI structure number	000000000027659
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