Total bridges
82
Public highway bridges in Jones County
County profile · official public datasets
Jones County, NC
82 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.2% rated Good, 47.6% Fair, 1.2% Poor.
- 82
- Public bridges
- 51.2%
- Good condition
- 1.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Jones County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 8%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 82
- public highway bridges
- 1996
- 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.
Jones County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jones County ranks #8 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.2%). Jones County, North Carolina contains 82 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.2% are rated “Good,” 47.6% “Fair,” and 1.2% “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
51.2%
42 of 82 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47.6%
39 of 82 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.2%
1 of 82 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#8 of 100
Among North Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 82 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 51.2% (42)
Fair 47.6% (39)
Poor 1.2% (1)
Jones County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 2,868 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 82 of 82 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
26.8% of Jones County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
22 of the 82 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 51.2% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR1155 over JOSHUA BRANCH, built 1968, carries 100 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 100 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Jones County's bridges were built
82 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s 4
1980–1989
4 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
17 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
18 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2020s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22% of those with a recorded year. Those records fall in the current decade of the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1996, 10 years newer than the North Carolina average of 1986.
How Jones County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Jones County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.2% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1996 against a peer-group mean of 1988 is 8 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 99 North Carolina counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell County | 90 | 58.9% | 35.6% | 5.6% | 1991 |
| Warren County | 84 | 47.6% | 47.6% | 4.8% | 1985 |
| Northampton County | 83 | 31.3% | 65.1% | 3.6% | 1981 |
| Jones County (this page) | 82 | 51.2% | 47.6% | 1.2% | 1996 |
| Hyde County | 75 | 44% | 49.3% | 6.7% | 1998 |
| Vance County | 75 | 37.3% | 56% | 6.7% | 1983 |
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 Jones 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 Jones County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NC (82 bridges here).
- Murray County, GA · 82 bridges
- Gallatin County, IL · 82 bridges
- Thomas County, KS · 82 bridges
- Nicholas County, KY · 82 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1996 here).
- Clark County, NV · avg 1996 · 1,141 bridges
- Hamilton County, IN · avg 1996 · 454 bridges
- Hays County, TX · avg 1996 · 272 bridges
- Jackson County, MS · avg 1996 · 268 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (82)
SR1301
GoodOver: CHINQUAPIN CREEK
0.7 MI. N. JCT.NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2019 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 100
US17S.LOOP
GoodOver: US17BYP
0.4 MI W JCT US17BUS, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,250
NC41
GoodOver: CYPRESS CREEK
9.0 MI.EAST JCT. US258, Jones, NC
Built 2004 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,500
US17S
GoodOver: SR1330
4.6 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 6,000
US17S.BYP
GoodOver: US17
0.4 MI W JCT US17BUS, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 300
US17S
GoodOver: SR1337SR1337SR1337
0.8 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 6,000
US17N
GoodOver: SR1337
0.4 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 5,250
US17S
GoodOver: GOSHEN BRANCH
1 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 5,250
US17N
GoodOver: GOSHEN BRANCH
1 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 5,250
SR1319
GoodOver: MUSSELSHELL CREEK
0.8 MI N JCT NC41, Jones, NC
Built 2012 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 300
SR1116
GoodOver: US17BYP
0.6 MI. WEST OF US17 BUS, Jones, NC
Built 2017 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 1,700
US17S
GoodOver: NC58
1.6 MI N JCT SR1181, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 6,000
US17N NC58N
GoodOver: NC58
1.7 MI N JCT SR1181, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 6,000
NC41
GoodOver: MUSSEL SHELL CREEK
1.1 MI W. JCT SR1002, Jones, NC
Built 2008 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 2,900
SR1004
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
0.2 MI.W. OF JCT.SR1110, Jones, NC
Built 2003 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 2,400
SR1341
GoodOver: REEDY BRANCH
1.2 MI. E. OF JCT. SR1340, Jones, NC
Built 2011 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 50
US17N
GoodOver: WHITE OAK RIVER
0.9 MI. S. JCT. SR1116, Jones, NC
Built 2018 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 6,000
US17S
GoodOver: WHITE OAK RIVER
0.9 MI. S. JCT. SR1116, Jones, NC
Built 2019 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 6,000
US17S
GoodOver: SR1121
2.0 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 5,250
US17N
GoodOver: SR1121
2 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 6,000
US17N
GoodOver: SR1330
0.9 MI S JCT US17BUS, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 5,250
US17S
GoodOver: TRENT RIVER
1.35 MI N JCT NC58, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 5,250
US17S.BYP
GoodOver: SR1002
0.6 MI S JCT SR1300, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 5,250
US17N
GoodOver: SR1002
0.6 MI S JCT SR1330, Jones, NC
Built 2023 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 5,250
SR1123
GoodOver: CROOKED RUN
3.3 MI.S JCT.SR1124, Jones, NC
Built 2015 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 150
SR1303
GoodOver: FORK OF BEAVER CREEK
0.1 MI. N. JCT SR1305, Jones, NC
Built 2014 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 250
SR1130
GoodOver: LITTLE CHINQUAPIN BR.
0.8 MI.W. OF JCT.SR1131, Jones, NC
Built 2014 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 200
SR1330
GoodOver: BACHELOR CREEK
2.5 MI W JCT US17, Jones, NC
Built 1997 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 90
NC41
GoodOver: MUSSEL SHELL CREEK
0.9MI.N JCT.SR1320, Jones, NC
Built 2011 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,300
SR1320
GoodOver: MUSSELL SHELL CREEK
1.0 MI.E. OF JCT.SR1002, Jones, NC
Built 2001 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 190
SR1327
GoodOver: BRANCH TRENT RIVER
0.6 MI.N.JCT. NC58, Jones, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 50
SR1155
PoorOver: JOSHUA BRANCH
0.6 MI. N. JCT. SR1153, Jones, NC
Built 1968 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 100
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