Oldest Bridges in U.S. Virgin Islands

The oldest bridge in U.S. Virgin Islands is the Route 85 over Spring Gut Creek in St. Croix Island County, built in 1904.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in U.S. Virgin Islands, one timeline

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1Route 85 over Spring Gut CreekVI · 1904 · 100/day 2Route 669 over Castle Burk GutVI · 1910 · 300/day 3Route 70 over Unnamed GutVI · 1910 · 1.0k/day 4Route 72 over Unnamed GutVI · 1920 · 300/day 5Route 7025 over Unnamed CreekVI · 1927 · 400/day 6Route 64 over Unnamed CreekVI · 1970 · 800/day 7Route 70 over Unnamed GutVI · 1970 · 1.0k/day 8Unnamed Road over Unnamed GutVI · 1980 · 1/day 9Route 32 over Turpentine RunVI · 1985 · 500/day 10Mariendahl Road over Turpentine RunVI · 1985 · 500/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 24 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in U.S. Virgin Islands

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Route 85 over Spring Gut Creek	St. Croix Island	1904		Steel	100	Poor
Route 669 over Castle Burk Gut	St. Croix Island	1910		Masonry	300	Poor
Route 70 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1910		Masonry	1,000	Poor
Route 72 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1920		Concrete	300	Poor
Route 7025 over Unnamed Creek	St. Croix Island	1927		Steel	400	Fair
Route 64 over Unnamed Creek	St. Croix Island	1970		Steel	800	Poor
Route 70 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1970		Concrete	1,000	Poor
Unnamed Road over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1980		Concrete	1	Poor
Route 32 over Turpentine Run	St. Thomas Island	1985		Concrete	500	Good
Mariendahl Road over Turpentine Run	St. Thomas Island	1985		Concrete	500	Good
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Route 66 over East Williams Delight Gu	St. Croix Island	1985		Concrete	1,000	Fair
Route 82 East End over Pearl B. Laresen Gut	St. Croix Island	1985		Concrete	400	Poor
Route 68 over Castle Coakley Gut	St. Croix Island	1990		Concrete	1,000	Fair
Route 64 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1990		Concrete	800	Good
Route 66 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1990		Concrete	1,500	Fair
Route 66 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1990		Concrete	1,500	Fair
Route 669 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1990		Concrete	120	Fair
Route 80 over Unnamed Creek	St. Croix Island	1990		Concrete	100	Fair
Route 30 over Turpentine Run	St. Thomas Island	1994		Prestressed Concrete	600	Fair
Route 652 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	1998		Concrete	100	Fair
Route 75 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	2001		Concrete	24	Good
Route 73 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	2006		Concrete	120	Fair
Route 732 over Unnamed Gut	St. Croix Island	2006		Prestressed Concrete	300	Fair

Oldest bridges in the United States · Longest bridges in U.S. Virgin Islands