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SR1509 over Buffalo Creek

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

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

SR1509 over Buffalo Creek in Rockingham 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957 and reconstructed in 1984, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 190 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2000).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 231 inventoried bridges in Rockingham County rated poor (11.3%); 26 (11.3%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 34 ft
Location	0.05 Mi. W. Jct. SR1508
NBI structure number	000000001570172
Condition class	Poor

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