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Route 5180 over Dismal Creek

Buchanan County, Virginia · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Route 5180 over Dismal Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 278 inventoried bridges in Buchanan County rated poor (4.0%); 11 (4.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 99 ft
Location	0.03-Rt.638;0.00-Dead End
NBI structure number	000000000029693
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 460 over Slate Creek	2008	8,441	Good
Rte. 460 / 83 over Branch @ Grundy	2013	8,441	Good
Nance Fork Circle over Grassy Creek	1967	5,623	Fair
Route 0083 over Enochs Branch	1980	5,590	Fair
Riverside Dr. over Levisa River	1966	4,824	Fair
Riverside Dr. over Levisa River	1966	4,824	Fair