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SR2042 over Elkin Creek

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

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

SR2042 over Elkin Creek in Wilkes 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 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 51 of the 350 inventoried bridges in Wilkes County rated poor (14.6%); 51 (14.6%) 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 70 ft
Location	0.8 MI.W.JCT.SR2037
NBI structure number	000000001930314
Condition class	Poor

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