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SR1508 over Elk Creek

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

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

SR1508 over Elk Creek in Watauga 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 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 370 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 202 inventoried bridges in Watauga County rated poor (9.4%); 19 (9.4%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 80 ft
Location	0.5 MI.S.JCT.SR1583
NBI structure number	000000001890204
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US221 321 over Winkler Creek	1947	42,000	Fair
NC105 over Hodges Creek	1954	30,000	Good
NC105 over Boone Creek	1964	30,000	Good
US221 421 over South Fork New River	1990	27,000	Fair
US221 US32 over Mid. Fork S. Fork New Rv	1949	22,500	Fair
US221 US32 over Middle Fork S.fork Newrv	1949	21,000	Fair