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SR1443 over Rocky Creek

Alexander County, North Carolina · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

SR1443 over Rocky Creek in Alexander County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 107 inventoried bridges in Alexander County rated poor (11.2%); 12 (11.2%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 132 ft
Location	0.5 Mi. W. Jct. SR1447
NBI structure number	000000000030010
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the North Carolina department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NC16 over US64	1993	13,500	Good
NC16 over Lower Little River	1992	12,500	Good
US64 over SR1605	1994	8,800	Good
US64 NC90 over Lower Little River	1994	8,100	Good
NC16 over Muddy Fork Creek	1965	8,000	Fair
NC16 over Grassy Creek	1955	4,900	Fair