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Yadkin County, NC

168 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.7% rated Good, 57.7% Fair, 9.5% Poor.

168
Public bridges: 32.7%
Good condition: 9.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

78th
of 100 on Poor share: 9.5%
Poor-condition share: 168
public highway bridges: 1986
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.

Yadkin County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Yadkin County ranks #78 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.5%). Yadkin County, North Carolina contains 168 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.7% are rated “Good,” 57.7% “Fair,” and 9.5% “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

168

Public highway bridges in Yadkin County

Good condition

32.7%

55 of 168 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.7%

97 of 168 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.5%

16 of 168 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#78 of 100

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

Condition distribution

Share of 168 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

32.7% (55)

Fair

57.7% (97)

Poor

9.5% (16)

Yadkin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 20,380 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,274 crossings a day against 2,729 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 168 of 168 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.7% of Yadkin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

65 of the 168 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 32.7% 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 28.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US601 over NORTH DEEP CREEK, built 1960, carries 5,900 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 20,380 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

3
1930s

3
1940s

1
1950s

7
1960s

30
1970s

25
1980s

15
1990s

21
2000s

31
2010s

20
2020s

11

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 31 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1986) matches the North Carolina average (1986).

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

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Yadkin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1986 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 Yadkin County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Onslow County	172	49.4%	47.7%	2.9%	1995
Anson County	169	52.7%	43.2%	4.1%	1985
Lincoln County	169	45.6%	49.1%	5.3%	1984
Yadkin County (this page)	168	32.7%	57.7%	9.5%	1986
Brunswick County	166	39.2%	54.8%	6%	1991
Cherokee County	163	38.7%	57.1%	4.3%	1977

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (168 bridges here).

Wilcox County, AL · 168 bridges
Kings County, CA · 168 bridges
Carroll County, GA · 168 bridges
Clayton County, GA · 168 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1986 here).

El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges

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

All 168 Good 55 Fair 97 Poor 16

Good-condition bridges (55)

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Yadkin County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Yadkin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 20,380 vehicle crossings a day

38.7% of Yadkin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 28.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Yadkin 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 (55)

US601

SR1319

US421

SR1153

SR1362

SR1176

SR1116

SR1109

SR1319

SR1372

SR1205

SR1527

US421 SBL

SR1337

SR1605

SR1444

SR1441

SR1119

SR1347

SR1341

SR1572

SR1710

SR1152

SR1546

SR1368

US601

SR1502

SR1503

SR1599

SR1765

I-77

SR1711

SR1147

SR1570

US21B

SR1578

SR1508

SR1367

US421 NBL

SR1716

SR1597

NC67

SR1512

SR1325

SR1599

SR1503

US421 NBL

US421 SBL

SR1538

SR1141

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