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Robeson County, NC

285 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 52.6% rated Good, 46.3% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

285
Public bridges: 52.6%
Good condition: 1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Robeson County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 7%
lowest Poor share in state: 1.1%
Poor-condition share: 285
public highway bridges: 1990
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.

Robeson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Robeson County ranks #7 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Robeson County, North Carolina contains 285 public highway bridges. Roughly 52.6% are rated “Good,” 46.3% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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.

Total bridges

285

Public highway bridges in Robeson County

Good condition

52.6%

150 of 285 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.3%

132 of 285 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

3 of 285 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#7 of 100

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

Condition distribution

Share of 285 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

52.6% (150)

Fair

46.3% (132)

Poor

1.1% (3)

Robeson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,100 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,700 crossings a day against 3,646 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 285 of 285 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

29.8% of Robeson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

85 of the 285 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 52.6% 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 92.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

NC41 NC72 over LUMBER RIVER, built 1934, carries 13,000 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 14,100 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

2
1930s

2
1940s

2
1950s

40
1960s

19
1970s

30
1980s

27
1990s

41
2000s

46
2010s

55
2020s

21

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 55 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1990) matches the North Carolina average (1986).

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

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Robeson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Robeson County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Surry County	308	28.9%	62%	9.1%	1979
Rutherford County	298	40.3%	47.3%	12.4%	1974
Haywood County	286	29.7%	53.8%	16.4%	1975
Robeson County (this page)	285	52.6%	46.3%	1.1%	1990
Cleveland County	270	39.3%	50.4%	10.4%	1978
Nash County	260	35%	60.4%	4.6%	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 Robeson 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 Robeson County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (285 bridges here).

Washington County, LA · 285 bridges
Platte County, MO · 285 bridges
Bryan County, OK · 286 bridges
Logan County, OK · 284 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1990 here).

Maricopa County, AZ · avg 1990 · 2,847 bridges
Tarrant County, TX · avg 1990 · 2,617 bridges
Fairfax County, VA · avg 1990 · 751 bridges
Brazoria County, TX · avg 1990 · 618 bridges

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

All 285 Good 150 Fair 132 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (150)

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Robeson County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Robeson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,100 vehicle crossings a day

29.8% of Robeson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 92.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Robeson 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

Good-condition bridges (150)

SR1505

US74

NC904

SR2220

NC904

SR2262

SR2262

SR2455

SR2455

SR2519

SR1339

SR1550

SR1527

SR1323

SR1160

SR1207

SR1743

I-95S.

NC710

SR2455

SR2519

SR1005

SR2305

SR1003

US74 BUS

I74E

SR1916

NC20

US74E.BYP

SR1955

US501

US 501

US301

US74BYP WB

I74W

NC72 NC711

NC211

NC211

NC211

NC211

SR1318

SR1155

SR2204

SR2258

SR2258

SR1731

SR1183

US74 EBL/NC130EBL

SR1916

NC130

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