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US29 over Little Troublesome Creek

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

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

US29 over Little Troublesome 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 culvert, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	3	Serious condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 42 ft
Location	0.9 Mi. S. Jct. NC87
NBI structure number	000000001570290
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 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
NC14 over Wolf Island Creek	1959	20,000	Fair