SR1402 over Big Creek

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

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

• SR1402 over Big Creek in Stokes 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 1925, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2000).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 13 of the 152 inventoried bridges in Stokes County rated poor (8.6%); 13 (8.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: deck 4 to 6.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated August 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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.

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

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