Total bridges
229
Public highway bridges in Rockingham County
County profile · official public datasets
Rockingham County, NC
229 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.5% rated Good, 39.7% Fair, 11.8% Poor.
- 229
- Public bridges
- 48.5%
- Good condition
- 11.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Rockingham County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 87th
- of 100 on Poor share
- 11.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 229
- public highway bridges
- 1987
- 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.
Rockingham County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Rockingham County ranks #87 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.8%). Rockingham County, North Carolina contains 229 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.5% are rated “Good,” 39.7% “Fair,” and 11.8% “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
48.5%
111 of 229 rated 7-9
Fair condition
39.7%
91 of 229 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.8%
27 of 229 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#87 of 100
Among North Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 229 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 48.5% (111)
Fair 39.7% (91)
Poor 11.8% (27)
Rockingham County's Poor-condition bridges carry 148,965 vehicle crossings a day
That is 17.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,517 crossings a day against 2,907 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 229 of 229 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
38% of Rockingham County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
87 of the 229 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 48.5% 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 16.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US29 over LITTLE TROUBLESOME CREEK, built 1968, carries 24,500 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 27-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 148,965 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Rockingham County's bridges were built
229 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 20
1950–1959
20 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
42 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
28 bridges
- 1980s 11
1980–1989
11 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
25 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
25 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
62 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 62 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the North Carolina average (1986).
How Rockingham County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Rockingham County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.8% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1985 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | 234 | 39.7% | 47.4% | 12.8% | 1977 |
| Gaston County | 232 | 36.6% | 58.2% | 5.2% | 1980 |
| Burke County | 231 | 43.3% | 51.1% | 5.6% | 1981 |
| Rockingham County (this page) | 229 | 48.5% | 39.7% | 11.8% | 1987 |
| Pitt County | 228 | 64.5% | 32% | 3.5% | 1994 |
| Columbus County | 226 | 60.6% | 38.1% | 1.3% | 1994 |
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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NC (229 bridges here).
- Walton County, FL · 229 bridges
- Aroostook County, ME · 229 bridges
- Stearns County, MN · 229 bridges
- Itawamba County, MS · 229 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1987 here).
- St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
- Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
- St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
- Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (91)
US29N
FairOver: TROUBLESOME CREEK
0.8 MI. N. JCT. US29 BUS, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 14,750
US29S
FairOver: TROUBLESOME CREEK
0.8 MI. N. JCT. US29, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 14,750
SR1908
FairOver: BIRCH FORK CREEK
0.8 MI. S. JCT. NC700, Rockingham, NC
Built 1976 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 130
US29N
FairOver: HAW RIVER
0.6 MI. N. JCT. US29 BUS, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 29,500
US29S
FairOver: HAW RIVER
0.6 MI. N. JCT. US29 BUS, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 14,750
SR1001
FairOver: HAW RIVER OVERFLOW
1.5 MI. S. JCT. SR1002, Rockingham, NC
Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,700
SR2686
FairOver: SOUTHERN RAILWAY
0.4 MI.E. JCT. SR2670, Rockingham, NC
Built 1971 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 4,400
US220B US311 NC704
FairOver: DAN R. N&WRR S.WATER ST
0.2 MI. S. JCT. US311, Rockingham, NC
Built 1985 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10,000
US311 NC135
FairOver: US220
0.20 MI. E. JCT. SR2177, Rockingham, NC
Built 1960 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 15,500
US311 NC135
FairOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.10 MI.W.JCT.SR2221, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,200
SR1998
FairOver: WOLF ISLAND CREEK
0.5 MI. W. JCT. US29 BUS., Rockingham, NC
Built 1910 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,200
NC150
FairOver: HAW RIVER
1.2 MI. W. OFJCT. NC87, Rockingham, NC
Built 1961 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 2,500
NC770
FairOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.3 MI. W. JCT. SR1585, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 4,000
SR1714
FairOver: SMITH RIVER
100 FT. W. JCT. NC14, Rockingham, NC
Built 1972 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 3,400
HIGHLAND DRIVE
FairOver: SR2066
0.03 MI. N. JCT. D. ST., Rockingham, NC
Built 1985 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 500
NC704
FairOver: JACOBS CREEK
3.8 MI. E. JCT. US220, Rockingham, NC
Built 1970 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 3,500
SR1931
FairOver: WOLF ISLAND CREEK
0.85 MI. S. JCT. SR1929, Rockingham, NC
Built 1995 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 95
SR1604
FairOver: MATRIMONY CREEK
0.13 MI. E. JCT. SR2281, Rockingham, NC
Built 1968 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 9,500
SR2037
FairOver: CARROLL CREEK
100 FT. W. JCT. NC14, Rockingham, NC
Built 2003 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 650
SR2039
FairOver: NC14
0.1 MI. W. JCT. SR 1945, Rockingham, NC
Built 1994 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,300
US29BUS
FairOver: US29
0.7MI. S. JCT. SR1929, Rockingham, NC
Built 1970 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 2,000
SR1325
FairOver: BEAVER ISLAND CREEK
0.95 MI N. JCT. SR1321, Rockingham, NC
Built 1989 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 250
SR2549
FairOver: US158 & NC14
0.4 MI. N. JCT. SR2545, Rockingham, NC
Built 1979 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 850
US220 N US311
FairOver: DAN RIVER
0.5 MI. N. JCT. NC704, Rockingham, NC
Built 1996 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 9,500
US220S US301
FairOver: DAN RIVER
0.5 MI. N. JCT. NC704, Rockingham, NC
Built 1994 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 9,500
SR2351
FairOver: TROUBLESOME CREEK
1.6 MI. S. JCT. NC65, Rockingham, NC
Built 1994 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 1,300
SR2154
FairOver: BRANCH OF MAYO RIVER
0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR2155, Rockingham, NC
Built 1997 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 820
SR2381
FairOver: ROCK HOUSE CREEK
0.6 MI. E. JCT. SR2382, Rockingham, NC
Built 1988 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 550
SR1120
FairOver: HOGANS CREEK
1.0 MI. E. JCT. SR1129, Rockingham, NC
Built 1978 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 760
SR1108
FairOver: LITTLE HOGANS CREEK
0.3 MI. E. JCT. SR1110, Rockingham, NC
Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 310
SR1737
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.05 MI. N. JCT. NC770, Rockingham, NC
Built 1987 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 340
SR2632
FairOver: JONES CREEK
0.6 MI. N. OF JCT. SR2579, Rockingham, NC
Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 210
SR1910
FairOver: BIRCH FORK CREEK
0.8 MI. S. JCT. NC700, Rockingham, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 130
SR2260
FairOver: BR. OF DAN RIVER
0.3 MI. S. JCT. SR2130, Rockingham, NC
Built 2000 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 260
SR2194
FairOver: MASSEY CREEK
0.7 MI. W. JCT. SR2259, Rockingham, NC
Built 2001 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 100
SR2153
FairOver: CREEK
0.75 MI S. JCT. SR2154, Rockingham, NC
Built 1997 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 60
SR1741
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.05 MI. N. JCT. NC770, Rockingham, NC
Built 1979 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 620
SR1912
FairOver: BIRCH FORK CREEK
0.95 MI. N. JCT. SR2023, Rockingham, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 170
SR1120
FairOver: LITTLE HOGANS CREEK
0.4 MI. E. JCT. SR1120, Rockingham, NC
Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 370
SR1395
FairOver: CREEK
2.0 MI. S. JCT. NC770, Rockingham, NC
Built 1930 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 210
SR1982
FairOver: BRANCH WOLF ISLAND CREEK
1.1 MI. N. JCT. US29B, Rockingham, NC
Built 1982 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 980
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