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US401 over Puppy Creek

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

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

US401 over Puppy Creek in Hoke 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 culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 31,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 48 of the 135 inventoried bridges in Hoke County rated fair (35.6%); 33 (24.4%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 42 ft
Location	0.5 Mi. N. Jct. SR1411
NBI structure number	000000000930010
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US401 over Little Rockfish Creek	1964	28,000	Fair
US401 over Rockfish Creek	1959	16,000	Fair
US401 Bus. over Big Rockfish Creek	1939	13,500	Fair
SR1003 over Upchurches Pond	1984	9,200	Fair
US401 over NC211;BRLGTN Rd; A&r RR	1954	7,900	Fair
NC211 over Raft Swamp	2016	5,600	Good