Total bridges
169
Public highway bridges in Anson County
County profile · official public datasets
Anson County, NC
169 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 52.7% rated Good, 43.2% Fair, 4.1% Poor.
- 169
- Public bridges
- 52.7%
- Good condition
- 4.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Anson County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 42%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 169
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Anson County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Anson County ranks #42 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.1%). Anson County, North Carolina contains 169 public highway bridges. Roughly 52.7% are rated “Good,” 43.2% “Fair,” and 4.1% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
52.7%
89 of 169 rated 7-9
Fair condition
43.2%
73 of 169 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.1%
7 of 169 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#42 of 100
Among North Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 169 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 52.7% (89)
Fair 43.2% (73)
Poor 4.1% (7)
Anson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 10,660 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,523 crossings a day against 1,000 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 169 of 169 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
30.8% of Anson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
52 of the 169 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 52.7% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 42.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US52 over SOUTH FORK JONES CREEK, built 1954, carries 4,500 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 10,660 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Anson County's bridges were built
169 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
23 bridges
- 1960s 12
1960–1969
12 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
30 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
25 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
34 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the North Carolina average (1986).
How Anson County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Anson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 99 North Carolina counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onslow County | 172 | 49.4% | 47.7% | 2.9% | 1995 |
| Lincoln County | 169 | 45.6% | 49.1% | 5.3% | 1984 |
| Anson County (this page) | 169 | 52.7% | 43.2% | 4.1% | 1985 |
| Yadkin County | 168 | 32.7% | 57.7% | 9.5% | 1986 |
| Brunswick County | 166 | 39.2% | 54.8% | 6% | 1991 |
| Cherokee County | 163 | 38.7% | 57.1% | 4.3% | 1977 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Anson County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Anson County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NC (169 bridges here).
- Pike County, AL · 169 bridges
- Laurens County, GA · 169 bridges
- Cumberland County, IL · 169 bridges
- Union County, IA · 169 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (73)
NC218
FairOver: LANES CREEK
0.9 MI. N. JCT. SR1415, Anson, NC
Built 1981 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 2,100
SR1627
FairOver: W.S.S.B. RR
0.2 MI. S. JCT. SR1628, Anson, NC
Built 2011 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 150
US74
FairOver: RELIEF
0.4 MI. E. JCT. US52, Anson, NC
Built 1979 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 29,000
US74 WBL
FairOver: PEE DEE RIVER
0.8 MI. E. JCT. NC145, Anson, NC
Built 1980 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 11,250
SR1411
FairOver: BLACKWELL BRANCH
0.3 MI. N. JCT. SR1414, Anson, NC
Built 1989 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 400
US52
FairOver: W.S.S.B. RR.
0.1 MI. N. JCT. SR1649, Anson, NC
Built 2006 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 3,400
NC742
FairOver: GOULDS FORK CREEK
1.0 MI. S. JCT. SR1422, Anson, NC
Built 1978 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 2,600
US74 WBL
FairOver: SEABOARD COASTLINE RR
1.0 MI. W. JCT. SR1801, Anson, NC
Built 1980 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 7,500
SR1124
FairOver: SOUTH FORK JONES CREEK
0.7 MI. E. JCT. SR1129, Anson, NC
Built 1991 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 200
SR1611
FairOver: LITTLE CRIBS CREEK
0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1452, Anson, NC
Built 1979 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 70
SR1821
FairOver: NORTH FORK JONES CREEK
0.6 MI. S. JCT. SR1811, Anson, NC
Built 1981 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 960
SR1240
FairOver: BROWN CREEK OVERFLOW
1.1 MI. N. JCT. SR1246, Anson, NC
Built 1982 Load: 86.1 t ADT: 450
SR1742
FairOver: SAVANNAH CREEK
0.5 MI. E. JCT. SR1703, Anson, NC
Built 1989 Load: 87.9 t ADT: 100
SR1252
FairOver: BLACK JACK BRANCH
0.5 MI. S. JCT. SR1236, Anson, NC
Built 1982 Load: 87.9 t ADT: 190
SR1240
FairOver: UT TO BROWN CREEK
1.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1246, Anson, NC
Built 1982 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 450
SR1821
FairOver: NORTH FORK JONES CREEK
0.5 MI. S. JCT. SR1811, Anson, NC
Built 1981 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 960
SR1228
FairOver: BRANCH OF BROWN CREEK
1.7 MI. N. JCT. SR1230, Anson, NC
Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 330
SR1230
FairOver: BROWN CREEK
0.8 MI. W. JCT. SR1228, Anson, NC
Built 1982 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 120
SR1613
FairOver: BRANCH OF LANES CREEK
0.9 MI. S. JCT. SR1612, Anson, NC
Built 2003 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 10
SR1621
FairOver: SOUTH PRONG BUFFALO CREE
0.6 MI. N. JCT. SR1619, Anson, NC
Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 470
SR1834
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.7 MI. N. JCT. SR1003, Anson, NC
Built 1992 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 250
SR1112
FairOver: SOUTH FORK JONES CRK
0.2 MI.N.JCT.SR1003, Anson, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 70
SR1217
FairOver: BRANCH OF BALES CREEK
0.7 MI. S. JCT. SR1219, Anson, NC
Built 1996 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 30
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