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Blue Ridge Parkway over Roanoke River and NS RR

Roanoke 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 Roanoke River and NS RR in Roanoke 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 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,188 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
It is one of 124 of the 207 inventoried bridges in Roanoke County rated fair (59.9%); 1 (0.5%) 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	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 1,027 ft
Location	0.5 Miles to Va Route 618
NBI structure number	5140028P0000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Route 0581 over Walker Avenue	1966	73,663	Fair
Route 581 over Routes 11; 116 & 221	1968	73,663	Fair
Routes 581 & 220 over RTEs 11; 116 & 460	1965	73,429	Fair
Route 0581 over Tazewell Avenue	1968	67,101	Fair
Route 0581 over Kimball Avenue	1968	67,101	Fair
Roy Webber EXP/220 over Wonju Steet	1977	62,286	Fair