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NC268 over Southern RR

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

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

NC268 over Southern RR in Surry 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 190 of the 309 inventoried bridges in Surry County rated fair (61.5%); 26 (8.4%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 179 ft
Location	.7 MI.E.JCT.US52
NBI structure number	000000001710165
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I77 over Stewarts Creek	1975	39,000	Fair
US52 over Grassy Creek	1962	28,500	Poor
US52 over Flat Shoals Creek	1953	28,500	Fair
I-77 over Beaverdam Creek	1975	24,000	Fair
I77 over Camp Creek	1974	23,500	Fair
I-77 over Little Fisher River	1975	21,500	Fair