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Hoke County, NC

136 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39% rated Good, 35.3% Fair, 25.7% Poor.

136
Public bridges: 39%
Good condition: 25.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Hoke County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

100th
of 100 on Poor share: 25.7%
Poor-condition share: 136
public highway bridges: 1983
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.

Hoke County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hoke County ranks #100 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 25.7%). Hoke County, North Carolina contains 136 public highway bridges. Roughly 39% are rated “Good,” 35.3% “Fair,” and 25.7% “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.

Total bridges

136

Public highway bridges in Hoke County

Good condition

39%

53 of 136 rated 7-9

Fair condition

35.3%

48 of 136 rated 5-6

Poor condition

25.7%

35 of 136 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#100 of 100

Among North Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 136 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

39% (53)

Fair

35.3% (48)

Poor

25.7% (35)

Hoke County's Poor-condition bridges carry 468 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 25.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 13 crossings a day against 876 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 136 of 136 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.4% of Hoke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

78 of the 136 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 39% 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 87.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR1436 over BIG MARSH SWAMP, built 1951, carries 410 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 35-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 468 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

1
1950s

10
1960s

44
1970s

24
1980s

2
1990s

5
2000s

8
2010s

42

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 44 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the North Carolina average (1986).

How Hoke County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Hoke County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 25.7% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 99 North Carolina counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hoke County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Lenoir County	145	52.4%	44.8%	2.8%	1993
Hoke County (this page)	136	39%	35.3%	25.7%	1983
Harnett County	134	50.7%	44.8%	4.5%	1983
Swain County	129	25.6%	62.8%	11.6%	1973
Mitchell County	127	35.4%	39.4%	25.2%	1981
Polk County	127	35.4%	53.5%	11%	1978

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 Hoke 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 Hoke County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (136 bridges here).

Bullock County, AL · 136 bridges
Jackson County, AR · 136 bridges
Perry County, IL · 136 bridges
Lincoln County, KY · 136 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1983 here).

Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 136 Good 53 Fair 48 Poor 35

All bridges (136)

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Over: JUNIPER CREEK

PU 594 808, Hoke, NC

Hoke County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Hoke County's Poor-condition bridges carry 468 vehicle crossings a day

57.4% of Hoke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 87.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Hoke County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (136)

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