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SR1119 over North Fork New River

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

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

SR1119 over North Fork New River in Ashe 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 160 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 53 of the 242 inventoried bridges in Ashe County rated poor (21.9%); 53 (21.9%) 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 91 ft
Location	75 FT.S.JCT.NC88
NBI structure number	000000000090080
Condition class	Poor

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