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Blue Ridge Parkway over Va Route 652

Botetourt 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 Va Route 652 in Botetourt County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1946, making it 79 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 474 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
It is one of 141 of the 202 inventoried bridges in Botetourt County rated fair (69.8%); 2 (1.0%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Superstructure	6	Satisfactory condition
Substructure	7	Good condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
81 N & Sbl over Buffalo Creek	1963	58,719	Fair
I-81 over Branch of Mill Creek	1964	41,034	Fair
I-81 over Beckner Branch	1964	41,034	Fair
I-81& Route 800 over Mill Creek	1964	41,034	Fair
I-81 over Renick Run	1959	38,069	Fair
Nbl Route 0081 over Rte 648	1963	29,404	Fair