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Blue Ridge Parkway over Brush Creek

Alleghany County, North Carolina · rated Good 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 good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1936 and reconstructed in 2024, 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 51 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Alleghany County rated good (43.6%); 17 (14.5%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 24 ft
Location	0.1 Miles From Nc Route 1
NBI structure number	5140087P0000000
Condition class	Good

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