Structure 29657 · Tazewell County, VA

Blue Ridge Road over Bluestone River

Carries Blue Ridge Road over Bluestone River, .05-720;.5fincastle Farms.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT63 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

63 ft end to end, longest span 35 ft. Lengths and the car on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a rigid-frame bridge.

Built201115 years old
Length62.7 ft19.1 m
Daily traffic50counted 2005
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateVirginia
CountyTazewell
Location.05-720;.5fincastle Farms
CarriesBlue Ridge Road
CrossesBluestone River
Coordinates37.23264, -81.30420

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete
DesignFrame
Total Length62.7 ft (19.1 m)
Max Span35.1 ft (10.7 m)
Deck Width32.2 ft (9.8 m)
Deck Area187.2 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built2011

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic50 (2005)
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number000000000029657

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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