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Warren County, NC

84 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.6% rated Good, 47.6% Fair, 4.8% Poor.

84
Public bridges
47.6%
Good condition
4.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

52nd
of 100 on Poor share
4.8%
Poor-condition share
84
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.

Warren County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Warren County ranks #52 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.8%). Warren County, North Carolina contains 84 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.6% are rated “Good,” 47.6% “Fair,” and 4.8% “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.

Total bridges

84

Public highway bridges in Warren County

Good condition

47.6%

40 of 84 rated 7-9

Fair condition

47.6%

40 of 84 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.8%

4 of 84 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#52 of 100

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

Condition distribution

Share of 84 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
47.6% (40)
Fair
47.6% (40)
Poor
4.8% (4)

Warren County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,210 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,053 crossings a day against 1,721 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 84 of 84 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.1% of Warren County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

32 of the 84 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 47.6% 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 85.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

NC903 over LAKE GASTON, built 1961, carries 3,600 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,210 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Warren County's bridges were built

84 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 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 Warren County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Warren County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.8% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1990 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Warren County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Davie County 93 4.3%
Caswell County 90 5.6%
Warren County (this page) 84 4.8%
Northampton County 83 3.6%
Jones County 82 1.2%
Hyde County 75 6.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (84 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 84 Good 40 Fair 40 Poor 4

All bridges (84)

SR1206

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

0.8 MI.S.SR1218, Warren, NC

Built 2009 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100

SR1600

Good

Over: RICHNECK CREEK

2.4 MI. N. JCT. SR1625, Warren, NC

Built 2019 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 400

SR1513

Good

Over: FISHING CREEK

150 N. OF JCT. SR1630, Warren, NC

Built 1996 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 300

SR1640

Good

Over: FISHING CREEK

1.7 MI. W. JCT. SR1637, Warren, NC

Built 2019 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 850

SR1510

Good

Over: LITTLE FISHING CR

1.0 MI. N. JCT. SR1509, Warren, NC

Built 2016 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 350

SR1631

Good

Over: TRIB. OF FISHING CREEK

0.1 MI.E .JCT.NC58, Warren, NC

Built 2013 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 150

SR1614

Good

Over: SHOCCO CREEK

1.8 MI.N. OF SR1620, Warren, NC

Built 2003 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 420

SR 1620

Good

Over: SHOCCO CREEK

1.8 MI S. JCT SR 1625, Warren, NC

Built 2019 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 250

SR1314

Good

Over: HAWTREE CREEK

1.1 MI. S. OF JCT. SR1309, Warren, NC

Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 200

SR1509

Good

Over: LITTLE FISHING CREEK

1.2 MI.S.JCT.SR1530, Warren, NC

Built 1999 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 250

SR1213

Good

Over: TERRAPIN CREEK

0.8 MI.E. OF SR1210, Warren, NC

Built 1982 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 700

SR1208

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

0.6 MI N JCT SR1209, Warren, NC

Built 2004 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 550

SR1337

Good

Over: HUBQUARTER CREEK

1.6 MI W JCT SR1344, Warren, NC

Built 2007 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 500

SR1647

Good

Over: LITTLE SHOCCO CREEK

0.9 MI S JCT SR1620, Warren, NC

Built 2023 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 100

SR1001

Good

Over: FISHING CREEK

2.1 MI. N. JCT SR1116, Warren, NC

Built 2017 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 2,900

SR1218

Good

Over: ELLINGTONS CREEK

1.3 MI S SR1200, Warren, NC

Built 2013 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 200

I85 NBL

Good

Over: SR1226

1.5 MI.S. JCT. SR1210, Warren, NC

Built 2016 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 11,000

I85S

Good

Over: SR1226

1.5 MI. S. JCT. SR1201, Warren, NC

Built 2017 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 19,500

SR1352

Good

Over: BIG STONE HOUSE CREEK

1.1 MI E JCT SR1344, Warren, NC

Built 1995 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 320

SR1507

Good

Over: WALKERS CREEK

0.7 MI N JCT SR1504, Warren, NC

Built 1996 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 150

SR1507

Good

Over: REEDY POND CREEK

0.7 MI N JCT NC43, Warren, NC

Built 2010 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 200

SR1224

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

0.1 MI W JCT SR1236, Warren, NC

Built 2011 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 460

US401

Good

Over: SHOCCO CREEK

0.7 MI.N. JCT. SR1137, Warren, NC

Built 2010 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 1,900

SR1304

Good

Over: HAWTREE CREEK

2.3 MI E JCT SR1300, Warren, NC

Built 2009 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 350

SR1600

Good

Over: FISHING CREEK

2.4 MI.N. OF SR1609, Warren, NC

Built 2010 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 430

SR1306

Good

Over: SIX POUND CREEK

0.5 MI. W. JCT. SR1334, Warren, NC

Built 2008 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 690

SR1337

Good

Over: BR. OF HUBQUARTER CRK

2.3 MI. W. JCT. SR1344, Warren, NC

Built 2007 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 500

SR1609

Good

Over: FISHING CREEK

1.4 MI N JCT SR1600, Warren, NC

Built 2023 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 80

SR1613

Good

Over: SHOCCO CREEK

1.4 MI.N. OF SR1620, Warren, NC

Built 2009 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 200

SR1504

Good

Over: TRIB. OF WALKERS CR.

0.5 MI.W. OF JCT.SR1507, Warren, NC

Built 1999 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 110

SR1521

Poor

Over: REEDY CREEK

1.0 MI. N. JCT. SR1522, Warren, NC

Built 1970 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 200

SR1515

Poor

Over: TRIB OF REEDY POND CREEK

0.7 MI W JCT SR1517, Warren, NC

Built 1960 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 110

SR1509

Poor

Over: BENS CREEK

0.6 MI. N. JCT. SR1530, Warren, NC

Built 1975 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 300

NC903

Poor

Over: LAKE GASTON

1.7 MI N JCT SR1357, Warren, NC

Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,600

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.