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US221 over Gap Creek

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

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

US221 over Gap Creek in Ashe County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2017, making it 8 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,650 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 87 of the 242 inventoried bridges in Ashe County rated good (36.0%); 53 (21.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 129 ft
Location	50 South of Jct. SR1103
NBI structure number	000000000090539
Condition class	Good

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