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NC770 over Buffalo Creek

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

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

NC770 over Buffalo Creek in Rockingham 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 79 of the 231 inventoried bridges in Rockingham County rated fair (34.2%); 26 (11.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 164 ft
Location	0.3 Mi. W. Jct. SR1585
NBI structure number	000000001570111
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US29N over Haw River	1968	29,500	Fair
US220 over Hogans Creek	1932	24,500	Good
US29 over Little Troublesome Creek	1968	24,500	Poor
US29 over Candy Creek	1968	23,500	Good
US220 over Troublesome Creek	2015	21,000	Good
I73 US220 N.& S. over Troublesome Creek	2015	21,000	Good