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NC16 over SR1539 N.fork New River

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

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

NC16 over SR1539 N.fork New River in Ashe 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 2006, making it 19 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,800 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 102 of the 242 inventoried bridges in Ashe County rated fair (42.1%); 53 (21.9%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 504 ft
Location	20 FT.S.JCT.SR1539
NBI structure number	000000000090036
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US221 over Naked Creek	1981	13,500	Good
US221 over Beaver Creek	1981	13,000	Good
US221 NC88 over Naked Creek	1960	12,500	Fair
US221 over Old Fields Creek	2019	9,500	Good
US221 over Tributary to Gap Creek	2022	9,300	Good
NC16 88 over Naked Creek	1999	8,100	Good