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Bell Road over Browns Branch

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

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

Bell Road over Browns Branch in Prince Edward County, Virginia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2005, making it 20 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 32 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 36 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Prince Edward County rated good (43.9%); 4 (4.9%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 25 ft
Location	1.00 to 682 - 1.60 to 664
NBI structure number	000000000028150
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Farmville Road over Briery Creek	1987	11,884	Good
Main Street over Appomattox River	1960	9,775	Good
SBL Route 15 over Rte 460 Bypass	1976	8,884	Fair
NBL Route 15 over Route 460 Bypass	1976	8,884	Fair
Rt. 15 (Third St) over Buffalo Creek	2008	8,580	Fair
Route 460 Business over Briery Creek	1928	7,638	Fair