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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.

When Yadkin County's bridges were built

168 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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).

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

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 Poor
Onslow County 172 2.9%
Anson County 169 4.1%
Lincoln County 169 5.3%
Yadkin County (this page) 168 9.5%
Brunswick County 166 6%
Cherokee County 163 4.3%

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).

Similar average build year

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

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

Poor-condition bridges (16)

SR1591

Poor

Over: FORBUSH CREEK

50 FT.S.JCT.SR1584, Yadkin, NC

Built 1961 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 190

SR1166

Poor

Over: UT TO SOUTH DEEP CREEK

.1 MI.S.JCT.SR1136, Yadkin, NC

Built 1972 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 400

SR1581

Poor

Over: UT TO LOGAN CREEK

.9 MI.W.JCT.SR1580, Yadkin, NC

Built 1972 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 550

SR1509

Poor

Over: FORBUSH CREEK

100 FT.N.JCT.SR1591, Yadkin, NC

Built 1980 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,700

SR1320

Poor

Over: DOBBIN CREEK

.5 MI.E.JCT.SR1300, Yadkin, NC

Built 1971 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 150

SR1580

Poor

Over: LOGAN CREEK

.1 MI.N.JCT.SR1627, Yadkin, NC

Built 1968 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 550

SR1605

Poor

Over: YADKIN RIVER

.3 MI.E.JCT.SR1566, Yadkin, NC

Built 1953 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,200

SR1314

Poor

Over: UT TO DOBBINS CREEK

.1 MI.E.JCT.SR1300, Yadkin, NC

Built 1918 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 440

SR1710

Poor

Over: HARMON CREEK

.5 MI.S.JCT.SR1733, Yadkin, NC

Built 1967 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 440

US21BUS

Poor

Over: I-77

.15 MI.N.JCT.SR1350, Yadkin, NC

Built 1964 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,100

SR1718

Poor

Over: ROBY CREEK

.5 MI.S.JCT.SR1717, Yadkin, NC

Built 1967 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 450

US601

Poor

Over: NORTH DEEP CREEK

0.3 MI.N.JCT.SR1374, Yadkin, NC

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,900

SR1334

Poor

Over: CRANBERRY CREEK

.5 MI.E.JCT.SR1335, Yadkin, NC

Built 1940 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 690

SR1510

Poor

Over: FALL CREEK

.2 MI.S.JCT.SR1527, Yadkin, NC

Built 1983 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 300

SR1571

Poor

Over: LOGAN CREEK

.2 MI.E.JCT.SR1570, Yadkin, NC

Built 1987 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 670

SR1529

Poor

Over: UT TO YADKIN RIVER

1 MI.N.JCT.SR1532, Yadkin, NC

Built 1986 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 650

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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.