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SR1468 over Little Glade Creek

Alleghany County, North Carolina · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SR1468 over Little Glade Creek in Alleghany County, North Carolina, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 49 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated fair (41.9%); 17 (14.5%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 24 ft
Location	.1 Mi.s.jct.blueridge Pkw
NBI structure number	000000000050123
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US21 over Little River	1920	7,200	Fair
US21 over Brush Creek	1997	3,700	Good
US21 over Glade Creek	2016	3,700	Good
US21 over Laurel Branch	2016	3,300	Good
SR1206 over Bledsoe Creek	1997	3,100	Good
SR1206 over Bledsoe Creek	1997	3,100	Good