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Route 715 over NS Railway

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

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

Route 715 over NS Railway in Bedford 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 9 (excellent condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2023, making it 2 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 410 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 107 of the 206 inventoried bridges in Bedford County rated good (51.9%); 6 (2.9%) 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 97 ft
Location	1.0 rte 671; 0.7 rte 786
NBI structure number	000000000030544
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Forest Road/221 over Norfolk Southern Railway	1994	24,589	Good
SBL Route / 221 over Conveyor Belt	1966	16,305	Fair
Stewartsville Rd24 over West Fork Beaverdam Crk	1939	14,746	Fair
Lynch-SalemTP/221 over Branch of Goose Creek	1957	14,588	Fair
T Jefferson Rd 811 over NS Railway	1987	13,140	Fair
Rte. 122 over RT.122 over Johns Creek	1990	10,448	Fair