Virginia Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Virginia bridges: 510
  • Bridges with photos: 219 (42.9%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 213 (41.8%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 485 (95.1%)

  • Total photos: 1,797

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 414 (81.2% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 197 (47.6% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 197 (47.6% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 406 (98.1% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 62 (12.2% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 17 (27.4% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 59 (95.2% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Goose Creek Bridge (Loudoun County, built 1802, open to pedestrians)
  2. Hibbs Bridge (Loudoun County, built 1820, open to traffic)
  3. Falling Creek Bridge (Chesterfield County, built 1823, closed to all traffic)
  4. John S. Mosby Highway Bridge (Loudoun County, built 1824, open to traffic)
  5. Ninth Street Bridge (Lynchburg, built 1839, open to traffic)
  6. Wilkes Street Tunnel (Alexandria, built 1856, open to pedestrians)
  7. Hooff's Run Bridge (Alexandria, built 1856, open to traffic)
  8. Humpback Covered Bridge (Alleghany County, built 1857, open to pedestrians)
  9. Riverside Park Bridge (Lynchburg, built 1870, open to pedestrians)
  10. Valley Railroad Bridge (Salem, built 1873, closed to all traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 168 (32.9%)
    • Deck arch: 154 (30.2%)
      • Brick arch: 1 (0.2%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 33 (6.5%)
      • Luten arch: 3 (0.6%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 7 (1.4%)
      • Steel arch: 8 (1.6%)
      • Stone arch: 21 (4.1%)
    • Through arch: 11 (2.2%)
      • Concrete through arch: 10 (2.0%)

  • Beam: 29 (5.7%)
    • Stringer: 18 (3.5%)
      • Concrete stringer: 1 (0.2%)
      • Steel stringer: 12 (2.4%)
      • Timber stringer: 3 (0.6%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 11 (2.2%)

  • Rigid frame: 5 (1.0%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 5 (1.0%)

  • Girder: 39 (7.6%)
    • Deck girder: 20 (3.9%)
      • Concrete deck girder: 2 (0.4%)
      • Deck plate girder: 18 (3.5%)
    • Pony/through girder: 3 (0.6%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 3 (0.6%)

  • Other: 13 (2.5%)

  • Slab: 5 (1.0%)

  • Suspension: 1 (0.2%)
    • Wire suspension: 1 (0.2%)

  • Truss: 235 (46.1%)
    • Deck truss: 21 (4.1%)
      • Baltimore deck truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Fink deck truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 3 (0.6%)
      • Warren deck truss: 5 (1.0%)
    • Pony truss: 117 (22.9%)
      • Bowstring pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Lane pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 4 (0.8%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 32 (6.3%)
      • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 3 (0.6%)
      • Queenpost pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Warren pony truss: 27 (5.3%)
        • Warren pony truss with all verticals: 9 (1.8%)
    • Through truss: 96 (18.8%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 2 (0.4%)
      • Burr arch-truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Camelback through truss: 5 (1.0%)
      • Howe through truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Multiple Kingpost through truss: 2 (0.4%)
      • Parker through truss: 3 (0.6%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 8 (1.6%)
      • Pratt through truss: 31 (6.1%)
      • Queenpost through truss: 4 (0.8%)
      • Thacher through truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Warren through truss: 10 (2.0%)
        • Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 1 (0.2%)

    • Tunnel: 10 (2.0%)

    • Unknown: 5 (1.0%)