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Blue Ridge Parkway over Otter Creek

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

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

Blue Ridge Parkway over Otter Creek in Amherst County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 474 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
It is one of 90 of the 157 inventoried bridges in Amherst County rated fair (57.3%); 8 (5.1%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	5	Fair condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 43 ft
Location	4.9 Miles to Va Route 130
NBI structure number	5140007P0000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NBL&SBL Amhst Hwy over Rutledge Creek	1970	22,784	Fair
29 Bypass over South Fork Stovall Creek	2005	17,463	Fair
29 Bypass over Middle Fork Stovall Crk	2005	17,463	Fair
29 N & SBL Bypass over Higginbotham Creek	2005	17,463	Good
29 N & SBL Bypass over Branch Patridge Creek	2005	17,463	Good
29 Bypass over North Fork Stovall Creek	2005	17,463	Good