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Stanly County, NC

163 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.7% rated Good, 39.3% Fair, 3.1% Poor.

163
Public bridges
57.7%
Good condition
3.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 29%
lowest Poor share in state
3.1%
Poor-condition share
163
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.

Stanly County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stanly County ranks #29 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Stanly County, North Carolina contains 163 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.7% are rated “Good,” 39.3% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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

163

Public highway bridges in Stanly County

Good condition

57.7%

94 of 163 rated 7-9

Fair condition

39.3%

64 of 163 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.1%

5 of 163 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#29 of 100

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

Condition distribution

Share of 163 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
57.7% (94)
Fair
39.3% (64)
Poor
3.1% (5)

Stanly County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,450 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 890 crossings a day against 2,794 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 163 of 163 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

32.5% of Stanly County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

53 of the 163 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 57.7% 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 44.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR1968 over STONY RUN CREEK, built 1961, carries 2,000 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,450 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Stanly County's bridges were built

163 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 31 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19% 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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Stanly County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1983 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 Stanly County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Yadkin County 168 9.5%
Brunswick County 166 6%
Cherokee County 163 4.3%
Yancey County 163 16.6%
Stanly County (this page) 163 3.1%
Transylvania County 162 13.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (163 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1985 here).

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

All 163 Good 94 Fair 64 Poor 5

All bridges (163)

AQUADALE RD.

Fair

Over: POPLIN CREEK

0.2 MI.W. JCT. S. 2ND ST., Stanly, NC

Built 1972 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 2,700

SR1240

Fair

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

0.1 MI. E. JCT. SR1276, Stanly, NC

Built 1998 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 250

SR1917

Fair

Over: HARDY CREEK

0.3 MI. E. JCT. SR1919, Stanly, NC

Built 1990 Load: 74.3 t ADT: 150

SR1934

Fair

Over: BIG CEDAR CREEK

0.1 MI.W.JCT.SR1927, Stanly, NC

Built 1984 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 340

SR1918

Fair

Over: SOUTH UGLY CREEK

0.4 MI. S. JCT. SR1923, Stanly, NC

Built 1988 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 400

SR1238

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.1 MI. S. JCT. SR1236, Stanly, NC

Built 1992 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 310

SR1214

Fair

Over: UT TO STONY RUN CREEK

0.1 MI. E. JCT. SR1217, Stanly, NC

Built 1982 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 470

SR1115

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF STONY RUN CK.

0.2 MI. S. JCT. NC24 NC27, Stanly, NC

Built 1979 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,500

SR1730

Fair

Over: UT TO MOUNTAIN CREEK

0.1 MI. E. JCT. SR1726, Stanly, NC

Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 300

SR1134

Fair

Over: STONY RUN CREEK

0.8 MI. S. JCT. SR1283, Stanly, NC

Built 1987 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 250

SR1975

Fair

Over: UT TO STONY RUN CREEK

0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1976, Stanly, NC

Built 1980 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,000

SR1418

Fair

Over: UT TO TOWN CREEK

0.1 MI. E. JCT. SR1421, Stanly, NC

Built 1997 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,000

SR1173

Fair

Over: CURL TAIL CREEK

0.1 MI. S. JCT. NC49, Stanly, NC

Built 1980 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,300

SR1217

Fair

Over: UT TO STONY RUN CREEK

0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1227, Stanly, NC

Built 1988 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 340

US52

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

0.01 MI. S. JCT. US52 BUS, Stanly, NC

Built 1986 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 14,500

SR1937

Good

Over: HARDY CREEK

0.3 MI.W.JCT.SR1934, Stanly, NC

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 380

NC740

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

0.1 MI. S. JCT. SR1730, Stanly, NC

Built 1930 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,900

SR1401

Good

Over: UT TO LONG CREEK

0.2 MI. E. JCT. SR1214, Stanly, NC

Built 1994 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 300

CALHOUN STREET

Good

Over: MELCHOR BRANCH

0.02MI.N.JCT.HAWTHORN AVE, Stanly, NC

Built 1978 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 150

MELCHOR ROAD

Good

Over: MELCHOR BRANCH

.04MI.N.JCT.HAWTHORNE AVE, Stanly, NC

Built 1978 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 750

KINGSLEY DRIVE

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

0.6 MI.W.JCT.SR1274, Stanly, NC

Built 2008 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 800

ACCESS RD.

Good

Over: LITTLE LONG CREEK

1.0MI.W.JCT.MORGAN RD., Stanly, NC

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,100

SMITH STREET

Good

Over: MELCHOR BRANCH

.1 MI.N.JCT.AVONDALE AVE., Stanly, NC

Built 1998 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 750

SR1001

Good

Over: ROCK HOLE BRANCH

0.1 MI. N. JCT. SR1124, Stanly, NC

Built 1978 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,100

NC49

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1451, Stanly, NC

Built 1947 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,000

NC740

Good

Over: LITTLE MOUNTAIN CREEK

0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1547, Stanly, NC

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,000

SR1798

Good

Over: LITTLE MOUNTAIN CREEK

0.5 MI. E. JCT. SR1720, Stanly, NC

Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 350

SR1434

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

0.1 MI. W. JCT. SR1438, Stanly, NC

Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 360

SR1957

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.2 MI. S. JCT. SR1956, Stanly, NC

Built 2012 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 220

SR1147

Good

Over: ROCK HOLE CREEK

0.6 MI. W. JCT. SR1001, Stanly, NC

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 500

SR1500

Good

Over: CURL TAIL CREEK

300 FT. N. JCT. US52, Stanly, NC

Built 2013 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 210

SR1218

Good

Over: STONY RUN CREEK

0.7 MI. W. JCT. SR1221, Stanly, NC

Built 2018 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 90

SR1001

Good

Over: ROCK HOLE CREEK

0.1 MI. S. JCT. SR1124, Stanly, NC

Built 1973 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 600

SR1115

Good

Over: ISLAND CREEK

0.7 MI. S. JCT.SR1117, Stanly, NC

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 850

SR1118

Good

Over: ISLAND CREEK

0.7 MI. N. JCT. SR1120, Stanly, NC

Built 1955 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 290

SR1956

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.4 MI.N. JCT.SR1954, Stanly, NC

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 570

SR1474

Good

Over: LITTLE LONG CREEK

25 FT. E. JCT. US52, Stanly, NC

Built 1967 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,500

ROCK CREEK PARK DR

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

0.1MI.W.JCT.US52, Stanly, NC

Built 1957 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 100

US52 BUS NC24/27

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

0.2 MI. E. JCT. NC138, Stanly, NC

Built 1957 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 23,500

SR1943

Good

Over: COOPERS CREEK

0.4 MI. N. JCT. SR1980, Stanly, NC

Built 2016 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 230

SR1239

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.05 MI. W. JCT. SR1249, Stanly, NC

Built 1978 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 90

NC24 27 WBL

Good

Over: BIG BEAR CREEK

0.3 MI. W. JCT. SR1253, Stanly, NC

Built 2009 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 7,250

SR1729

Good

Over: BRANCH OF MOUNTAIN CREEK

0.1 MI. S. JCT. SR1720, Stanly, NC

Built 2015 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 50

US52BUS NC24 NC27

Good

Over: US52 BUS.

0.27 MI. E. JCT. NC138, Stanly, NC

Built 2004 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 21,500

SR1210

Good

Over: RUNNING CREEK

0.3 MI. W. JCT. SR1228, Stanly, NC

Built 1979 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 600

NC24 27 EBL

Good

Over: STONY RUN CREEK

0.2 MI. E. JCT. SR1115, Stanly, NC

Built 2009 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 7,250

SR1401

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

1.1 MI. E. JCT. SR1214, Stanly, NC

Built 1998 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 370

SR1720

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

0.7 MI. S. JCT. SR1798, Stanly, NC

Built 1991 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 600

SR1228

Good

Over: BIG BEAR CREEK

0.2 MI.N.JCT.SR1234, Stanly, NC

Built 2013 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 220

SR1117

Good

Over: CUCUMBER CREEK

0.2 MI. S. JCT. SR1115, Stanly, NC

Built 2013 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 790

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