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SR1131 over Waterfalls Creek

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

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

SR1131 over Waterfalls Creek in Alleghany 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2000).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated poor (14.5%); 17 (14.5%) 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 25 ft
Location	.15 MI.S.JCT.SR1129
NBI structure number	000000000050167
Condition class	Poor

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