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Whispering Ck. Dr. over Whispering Creek Drive

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

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

Whispering Ck. Dr. over Whispering Creek Drive in Buchanan County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair 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 231 of the 278 inventoried bridges in Buchanan County rated fair (83.1%); 11 (4.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 47 ft
Location	0.0-Rt. 643; 0.0-Dead End
NBI structure number	000000000029764
Condition class	Fair

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