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SR3000 over South Buffalo Creek

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

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

SR3000 over South Buffalo Creek in Guilford 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 33 of the 744 inventoried bridges in Guilford County rated poor (4.4%); 33 (4.4%) 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 161 ft
Location	50 Ft. W.JCT.SR3028
NBI structure number	000000000810224
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 85 US29 70 220 over South Buffalo Creek	1955	120,000	Fair
I40 US421 over NC68	1981	120,000	Fair
I40 & I85 SR3143 over North Alamance Creek	1954	119,000	Fair
I40 I85 over Rock Creek	1954	119,000	Fair
I40 I85 Bus US29 over Branch South Buffalo Crk	1954	118,000	Fair
I40 over SR4121	1976	115,000	Fair