Oldest Bridges in Virginia

The oldest bridge in Virginia is the Snickersville Road over Beaverdam Creek in Loudoun County, built in 1820, and it still carries about 2,100 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Virginia, one timeline

18001850190019502000today

1Snickersville Road over Beaverdam CreekVA · 1820 · 2.1k/day 2John S. Mosby Hwy. over Little RiverVA · 1824 · 9.1k/day 3Buffalo Station DR over Owens CreekVA · 1835 · 44/day 4Ninth Street over KanawhaVA · 1839 · 1.3k/day 5Waterloo Road over Rappahannock RiverVA · 1878 · 839/day 6Aden Road over Ns RailwayVA · 1882 · 2.8k/day 7Iron Bridge Road over Meherrin RiverVA · 1884 · 815/day 8East Chilhowie ST over Mf Holston RiverVA · 1885 · 168/day 9Ball Park Rd.685 over Craig CreekVA · 1887 · 219/day 10Old Rail Road 817 over Craig CreekVA · 1887 · 36/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

every bridge in Virginia by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'00—

1910s'1019%

250

1920s'2010%

1.6k

1930s'306%

481

1940s'4010%

1.1k

1950s'506%

2.5k

1960s'604%

2.3k

1970s'703%

1.6k

1980s'802%

1.7k

1990s'901%

1.3k

2000s'000%

954

2010s'100%

318

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 14,141 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in Virginia

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Snickersville Road over Beaverdam Creek	Loudoun	1820	2007	Masonry	2,060	Good
John S. Mosby Hwy. over Little River	Loudoun	1824	2001	Masonry	9,058	Fair
Buffalo Station DR over Owens Creek	Nelson	1835		Masonry	44	Fair
Ninth Street over Kanawha	Lynchburg	1839		Masonry	1,300	Fair
Waterloo Road over Rappahannock River	Culpeper	1878	2020	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	839	Fair
Aden Road over Ns Railway	Prince William	1882	2018	Steel	2,769	Good
Iron Bridge Road over Meherrin River	Brunswick	1884		Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	815	Poor
East Chilhowie ST over Mf Holston River	Smyth	1885		Steel	168	Poor
Ball Park Rd.685 over Craig Creek	Botetourt	1887	1963	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	219	Fair
Old Rail Road 817 over Craig Creek	Botetourt	1887		Steel	36	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Dry Mill Road over Wash. Old Dom. Reg. Trl.	Loudoun	1892		Masonry	1,247	Fair
Wissler RD over N Fork Shenandoah River	Shenandoah	1893		Steel Continuous	552	Fair
E. Hawthorne ST over Csx Railway	Covington	1900	2006	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	500	Fair
Walnut Avenue over Roanoke River	Roanoke	1900	1996	Steel	5,311	Good
Pump Street over Peyton Creek	Augusta	1900	1992	Prestressed Concrete	130	Good
Clyde Williams AVE over Little Moccasin Creek	Scott	1900	2016	Concrete	1,238	Good
South Augusta ST over Lewis Creek	Staunton	1901		Masonry	4,700	Fair
Byers St/parking over Lewis Creek	Staunton	1901		Concrete	4,700	Fair
Plank Road over Mechums River	Albemarle	1903	2023	Prestressed Concrete	964	Fair
Blenheim Road over Hardware River	Albemarle	1907	2017	Steel	174	Good
N Bridge Street over Ns Railway	Bedford	1907		Concrete	5,275	Fair
Champe Ford Road over Little River	Loudoun	1908	2000	Steel Continuous	140	Fair
Bedford Avenue over Ns Railway	Lynchburg	1908		Concrete	2,777	Poor
North Garden Lane over South Branch	Albemarle	1909	1998	Steel	227	Fair
Vinegar Hill Rd. over Whiskey Creek	Augusta	1909		Concrete	49	Fair
Broad Street over Csx Abandoned Spur Line	Richmond	1909		Steel	26,150	Poor
Kyles Mill RD over Mossy Creek	Augusta	1910	2022	Steel	65	Good
Otterhouse RD over N.f. Holston River	Scott	1910	2007	Steel	74	Fair
West Norton Road over Sbd System Railroad	Wise	1910	2005	Steel	394	Poor
West Water ST over Ns Railway	Rockingham	1910		Steel	3,200	Fair
Vaughan Road over Ns Railway	Petersburg	1911		Steel	849	Fair
Gatewood DR over Little Back Creek	Bath	1912	2011	Steel	35	Fair
Route 717 over Bluestone River	Tazewell	1912	2022	Steel	35	Good
Teman Road over Pug Swamp Creek	Hanover	1913	2017	Steel	590	Good
Old Highway 19 over Indian Creek	Russell	1913		Concrete	193	Poor
14th Street over James River South Div @	Richmond	1913		Concrete	17,082	Poor
14th Street over James River North Div @	Richmond	1913		Concrete	17,082	Poor
Derby Rd. over Preacher Creek	Wise	1913	2010	Concrete	511	Fair
Ware Creek Rd. over Ware Creek	Caroline	1914	2001	Wood or Timber	323	Fair
Teman Road over Beaverdam Creek	Hanover	1914	2008	Steel	665	Fair
Old Massies Crn RD over Battle Run	Rappahannock	1914	1930	Concrete	21	Poor
Old Mill Road over Rush River	Rappahannock	1914	1998	Prestressed Concrete	59	Fair
Knightly Mill RD over Middle River	Augusta	1915		Steel	309	Poor
Elkton Farm RD 666 over Elk Creek	Bedford	1915		Steel	130	Poor
River Road / 632 over Spreading Spring Branch	Botetourt	1915		Concrete	172	Fair
Dearborn Road over Flat Creek	Campbell	1915	2018	Steel	348	Fair
Countyline Church over Temples Mill	Caroline	1915	2000	Concrete	809	Poor
Tempes Branch over Cranes Nest River	Dickenson	1915	1981	Prestressed Concrete	101	Fair
Coles Creek RD 643 over Blackwater River	Franklin	1915		Steel	136	Good
Quaker Lane over Beaverdam Creek	Loudoun	1915		Concrete Continuous	48	Fair
Snickersville Tnpk over North Fork Beaverdam Ck.	Loudoun	1915		Concrete	1,643	Fair
Indian Trail RD over Smith Creek	Rockingham	1915	2003	Steel	100	Good
Carterton Place over Meade Branch	Russell	1915	2008	Steel	123	Fair
Old Indian Ck. Rd. over Indian Creek	Wise	1915	2007	Steel	212	Fair
Chester Road over Kingsland Creek	Chesterfield	1916	2010	Prestressed Concrete	6,196	Fair
Greengarden Road over Panther Skin Creek	Loudoun	1916		Concrete	78	Fair
ST Johns Church RD over Flat Rock Creek	Lunenburg	1916		Steel	84	Fair
Wide Gap Road over Colliers Creek	Rockbridge	1916		Steel	757	Fair
Moccasin Ridge Rd. over Copper Creek	Russell	1916	2016	Prestressed Concrete	112	Good
Plunkett Road over Lynch River	Albemarle	1917	2018	Steel	318	Good
Brucetown RD over Opequon Creek	Clarke	1917		Concrete	910	Fair
Chestnut Grove RD over Back Creek	Frederick	1917	1982	Prestressed Concrete	232	Fair
Horseshoe Br RD over South Anna River	Hanover	1917		Concrete	367	Fair
Limestone School R over Tributary Limestone Br.	Loudoun	1917		Concrete	211	Fair
Ebl Route 460 over Sandy River	Prince Edward	1917		Steel	4,226	Fair
Bentonville RD over Gooney Creek	Warren	1918		Concrete	281	Fair
Bentonville RD over Greasy Run	Warren	1918	2018	Concrete	281	Good
Lee Highway over Hutton Creek	Washington	1918		Concrete	2,919	Fair
Mary Street over Ns Railway	Bristol	1918		Concrete Continuous	4,775	Poor
Dickerson Road over Jacobs Run	Albemarle	1919	2011	Steel	162	Fair
Airlie Road over Cedar Run	Fauquier	1919		Concrete	851	Fair
Crenshaw Road over Goose Creek	Fauquier	1919		Concrete	47	Poor
Crenshaw Road over Branch Goose Creek	Fauquier	1919		Concrete	47	Fair
Landmark School RD over Little River	Fauquier	1919		Concrete Continuous	289	Fair
Carpers Valley RD over Buffalo Lick Run	Frederick	1919	1941	Concrete	1,060	Fair
Old Telegraph Road over Stony Run	Hanover	1919		Concrete	127	Fair
Abram Penn Hwy/626 over N. Mayo River	Patrick	1919		Steel	220	Fair
Route 1103 over Laurel Fork Creek	Tazewell	1919	1983	Concrete	1,226	Fair
Moffett Branch RD over Elk Run	Augusta	1920	2015	Steel	72	Fair
Rapidan Road over Cedar Run	Culpeper	1920	1999	Concrete	1,800	Fair
Rapidan Road over Cabin Branch	Culpeper	1920	1992	Concrete	1,547	Fair
Old Dominion Drive over Pimmit Run	Fairfax	1920	2002	Steel	15,264	Good
Tapps Ford Road over Rappahannock River	Fauquier	1920	2006	Steel	196	Good
Goose Dam RD 724 over Little Chestnut Creek	Franklin	1920		Concrete	521	Fair
Abram Penn Hwy/626 over Spoon Creek	Patrick	1920	2012	Prestressed Concrete	402	Fair
James River Road over Powell Creek	Prince George	1920		Concrete	2,845	Poor
Short Road over Beaverdam Creek	Rappahannock	1920	2017	Concrete	50	Good
Old Catawba Rd.864 over Mason Creek	Roanoke	1920		Concrete	508	Fair
James River Drive over Mill Run	Surry	1920		Concrete	1,731	Fair
Old River Road over Laurel Fork Creek	Tazewell	1920		Concrete	98	Fair
Browntown RD over Smith Creek	Warren	1920	1982	Concrete	1,013	Fair
Nansemond Parkway over Beamons Mill Pond	Suffolk	1920		Concrete	5,593	Poor
Oakwood Cemtery RD over Unnamed Trib	Richmond	1920		Concrete Continuous	20	Fair
Crozet Avenue over Lickinghole Creek	Albemarle	1921	2022	Prestressed Concrete	6,819	Fair
Three Notchd Road over Lickinghole Creek	Albemarle	1921	1995	Prestressed Concrete	7,055	Good
Midland Road over Branch Elk Run	Fauquier	1921		Concrete	1,458	Fair
Midland Road over Elk Run	Fauquier	1921	1997	Concrete	1,967	Fair
Nbl Brook Road over Upham Brook	Henrico	1921	1971	Steel	9,549	Fair
Bradshaw Rd./629 over Bradshaw Creek	Montgomery	1921		Steel Continuous	656	Poor

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