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Blue Ridge Parkway over Brush Creek

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

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

Blue Ridge Parkway over Brush Creek in Alleghany 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 1936, making it 89 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,347 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
It is one of 17 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated poor (14.5%); 17 (14.5%) 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	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 67 ft
Location	2.0 Miles From U.S. Route
NBI structure number	5140081P0000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US21 over Little River	1920	7,200	Fair
US21 over Brush Creek	1997	3,700	Good
US21 over Glade Creek	2016	3,700	Good
US21 over Laurel Branch	2016	3,300	Good
SR1206 over Bledsoe Creek	1997	3,100	Good
SR1206 over Bledsoe Creek	1997	3,100	Good