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SR1317 over Purlear Creek

Wilkes County, North Carolina · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SR1317 over Purlear Creek in Wilkes County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2013, making it 12 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 270 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 118 of the 350 inventoried bridges in Wilkes County rated good (33.7%); 51 (14.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 84 ft
Location	125 FT.E.JCT.SR1351
NBI structure number	000000001930100
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US421 Byp over Tucker Hole Creek	1955	31,500	Fair
US421 Byp over Little Cub Creek	1966	26,000	Good
US421 Byp over Cub Creek	1966	25,000	Fair
US421 over Miller Creek	1955	23,000	Fair
US421 Sbl over SR2325	2002	19,500	Good
US421B over Reddies River	1935	18,000	Poor