Oldest Bridges in North Carolina

The oldest bridge in North Carolina is the Substation Road over Ut To Pigeon River in Haywood County, built in 1900, and it still carries about 1,000 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in North Carolina, one timeline

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1Substation Road over Ut To Pigeon RiverNC · 1900 · 1.0k/day 2Sr1420 over Caswell BranchNC · 1909 · 200/day 3Pine Street over Irish Buffalo CreekNC · 1910 · 10k/day 4Sr1176 over Plott CreekNC · 1910 · 3.6k/day 5Wentworth St. over S. Prong Terrys CreekNC · 1910 · 1.4k/day 6Brookwood Avenue over Three Mile BranchNC · 1911 · 1.2k/day 76th Street over S.c.l. RrNC · 1911 · 400/day 8Sr1836 over Camp CreekNC · 1915 · 60/day 9Sr1153 over N S RailroadNC · 1916 · 100/day 10Us301 over Black River OverflowNC · 1918 · 2.5k/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in North Carolina by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'00—

1910s'10—

307

1920s'2012%

310

1930s'3012%

297

1940s'4013%

1.9k

1950s'5017%

2.7k

1960s'6018%

2.1k

1970s'7012%

2.1k

1980s'806%

2.6k

1990s'902%

2.5k

2000s'000%

3.4k

2010s'100%

954

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 19,267 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in North Carolina

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Substation Road over Ut To Pigeon River	Haywood	1900		Prestressed Concrete	1,000	Fair
Sr1420 over Caswell Branch	Craven	1909		Concrete	200	Fair
Pine Street over Irish Buffalo Creek	Cabarrus	1910		Concrete Continuous	10,500	Fair
Sr1176 over Plott Creek	Haywood	1910		Concrete	3,600	Fair
Wentworth St. over S. Prong Terrys Creek	Rockingham	1910	1922	Concrete Continuous	1,400	Poor
Brookwood Avenue over Three Mile Branch	Cabarrus	1911		Concrete Continuous	1,200	Fair
6th Street over S.c.l. Rr	New Hanover	1911	1978	Steel	400	Poor
Sr1836 over Camp Creek	Henderson	1915		Concrete Continuous	60	Fair
Sr1153 over N S Railroad	Buncombe	1916	1975	Steel	100	Fair
Us301 over Black River Overflow	Cumberland	1918	1939	Concrete	2,500	Good
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Glade Street over Peters Creek	Forsyth	1919		Concrete Continuous	9,000	Poor
Sr1331 over West Branch Mountain Crk	Rutherford	1919	1950	Concrete Continuous	340	Good
Sr1006 over Heaveners Creek	Rutherford	1919	1955	Concrete Continuous	1,800	Good
Sr1749 over West Fork Sandy Run Cree	Rutherford	1919	1950	Concrete Continuous	850	Good
Sr1749 over Ut To W.frk.sandy Run CR	Rutherford	1919	1950	Concrete Continuous	2,100	Fair
Sr2213 over Brackets Creek	Rutherford	1919	1950	Concrete Continuous	7,400	Fair
Sr2241 over Bracketts Creek	Rutherford	1919	2003	Concrete Continuous	11,000	Fair
Sr1007 over Ut To Puzzle Creek	Rutherford	1919	1950	Steel	1,000	Fair
Us21 over Little River	Alleghany	1920	1951	Concrete	7,200	Fair
Nc42 over Barbecue Swamp	Bertie	1920	1937	Concrete Continuous	2,200	Fair
Nc42 over Chinkapin Swamp	Bertie	1920	1937	Concrete Continuous	1,300	Fair
Nc73 over Adams Creek	Cabarrus	1920	1954	Concrete	7,700	Fair
Sr1428 over Morris Creek	Cherokee	1920	1950	Concrete Continuous	1,300	Fair
Sr1428 over Webb Creek	Cherokee	1920		Concrete Continuous	1,300	Poor
Sr1001 over Tomahawk Creek	Forsyth	1920	1950	Concrete	13,500	Fair
Cameron Avenue over Ut To Brushy Fork Creek	Forsyth	1920		Concrete Continuous	2,600	Poor
Nc58 over Little Shocco Cre	Franklin	1920		Concrete	1,000	Fair
Rockford Road over Payne Creek	Guilford	1920		Concrete	2,300	Fair
Rotary Drive over Boulding Branch	Guilford	1920		Concrete Continuous	2,200	Fair
Sr1216 over West Fork Pigeon River	Haywood	1920		Steel	30	Poor
Sr1127 over Little Mud Creek	Henderson	1920		Concrete Continuous	4,300	Fair
Sr1116 over Rock House Creek	Mitchell	1920		Concrete Continuous	600	Fair
Us301 over Swift Crk. Overflow	Nash	1920	1937	Concrete Continuous	6,900	Fair
Us301 over Lane Swamp	Nash	1920	1937	Concrete Continuous	6,600	Fair
Nc133 over Turkey Creek	Pender	1920	1956	Concrete	11,500	Fair
Sr2261 over Penwood Branch	Randolph	1920	1963	Concrete	3,600	Fair
Sr2261 over Bush Creek	Randolph	1920		Concrete	1,100	Good
Sr2261 over Bush Creek	Randolph	1920		Concrete	1,000	Good
Sr2261 over Bush Creek	Randolph	1920		Concrete	2,100	Good
Sr2670 over Little Troublesome Creek	Rockingham	1920	1935	Concrete	4,600	Fair
Sr1306 over Broad River	Rutherford	1920		Concrete	330	Poor
Us421 over Great Coharie Swamp	Sampson	1920	1955	Concrete	7,000	Poor
Us421 over Great Coharie Creek	Sampson	1920	1955	Concrete	7,000	Fair
Us421 over Great Coharie Creek	Sampson	1920	1955	Concrete	7,000	Fair
Sr2258 over Fisher River	Surry	1920	1948	Concrete	1,100	Fair
Nc200 over Bearskin Creek	Union	1920	1958	Concrete	14,500	Fair
Nc200 over Stewarts Creek	Union	1920	1958	Concrete	7,000	Poor
Old Cataloochee En over Cataloochee Creek	Haywood	1920	1987	Steel	100	Poor
Old Cataloochee En over Cataloochee Creek	Haywood	1920	1987	Steel	100	Fair
Us64 Business over Robertsons Creek	Chatham	1921	1995	Concrete Continuous	4,900	Fair
Sr1953 (closed) over Rocky River	Chatham	1921	1959	Steel	390	Poor
Sr1107 over Blood Run Creek	Chatham	1921	1965	Concrete	2,700	Fair
Sr2234 over Varnell Creek	Chatham	1921		Concrete	200	Fair
Sr1564 over Branch Of Roberson Creek	Chatham	1921		Concrete	100	Fair
Us74/76bus. over White Marsh Swamp	Columbus	1921	2009	Concrete	9,400	Fair
Crafton Street over Peters Creek	Forsyth	1921		Concrete	100	Fair
North Elm Street over North Buffalo Creek	Guilford	1921		Concrete	9,500	Fair
Us276 over Shelton Branch	Haywood	1921		Concrete	5,100	Fair
Sr1203 over Gash Creek	Henderson	1921		Concrete	920	Fair
Sr1432 over Fisher Creek	Jackson	1921	1941	Concrete	3,200	Good
Sr1432 over Buff Creek	Jackson	1921	1941	Concrete	400	Good
Sr1536 over Forsyth Creek	McDowell	1921		Concrete	2,400	Fair
Us70 over Clear Creek	McDowell	1921	1941	Concrete	8,500	Fair
Nc28 over Cowee Creek	Macon	1921	1967	Concrete	2,100	Poor
Us64a over Collie Swamp	Martin	1921	1940	Concrete	1,900	Fair
Us64alt over Beaver Dam Creek	Martin	1921	1939	Concrete	2,500	Fair
Sr1141 over Beaver Creek	Mitchell	1921		Steel Continuous	300	Poor
Sr1174 over West Clarks Creek	Montgomery	1921	1950	Concrete	550	Fair
Sr1174 over Lick Fork	Montgomery	1921	1950	Concrete	560	Fair
Nc24 Nc27 over Mill Creek	Moore	1921	1941	Concrete	4,300	Fair
Nc24 Nc27 over Dry Creek	Moore	1921	1941	Concrete	4,000	Fair
Nc24 & Nc27 over Buffalo Creek	Moore	1921	1941	Concrete	5,200	Fair
Nc22 Nc24 Nc27 over Killets Creek	Moore	1921	1941	Concrete	7,000	Fair
Nc24 Nc27 over Meadow Creek	Moore	1921	1941	Concrete	4,600	Fair
Nc22 Nc24 Nc27 over Richland Creek	Moore	1921	1941	Concrete	7,200	Fair
Nc24 Nc27 over Branch Of Buffalo Creek	Moore	1921		Concrete Continuous	4,600	Fair
Sr1331 (closed) over Tar River	Nash	1921		Steel	100	Poor
Sr1204 over South Prong Bay River	Pamlico	1921		Concrete	550	Fair
Nc210 over Guilfords Branch	Pender	1921	1956	Concrete	4,000	Good
Nc210 over Long Creek	Pender	1921	1956	Concrete	4,000	Fair
Sr2261 over Prong Creek	Randolph	1921		Concrete	600	Fair
Sr2261 over Branch Of Sandy Creek	Randolph	1921		Concrete	1,300	Fair
Sr2261 over Sandy Creek	Randolph	1921		Concrete	1,200	Fair
Us74bus over Second Broad River	Rutherford	1921	1939	Concrete	8,700	Poor
Us64 over Knob Creek	Rutherford	1921	1939	Concrete	3,900	Fair
Nc89 over Big Creek	Stokes	1921	1988	Concrete	750	Fair
Nc54 over Crabtree Creek	Wake	1921	1954	Concrete	18,500	Fair
Us117alt over Poplar Branch	Wayne	1921	1939	Concrete	4,700	Fair
Us70w over Walnut Creek	Wayne	1921	1958	Steel	13,000	Fair
Sr1368 over Rocky Fork Creek	Wilson	1921	1938	Concrete	1,600	Fair
Sr1207 over Culpepper Creek	Anson	1922		Concrete	100	Good
Sr1207 over Goulds Fork Branch	Anson	1922		Concrete	100	Good
Nc88 over Naked Creek	Ashe	1922	1970	Concrete	6,800	Fair
Us221 over Dog Creek	Ashe	1922		Concrete	1,600	Fair
Nc211bus over Bryant Swamp	Bladen	1922	1939	Concrete	4,400	Fair
Us74 Us76w. over Hoods Creek	Brunswick	1922	1940	Concrete	23,000	Fair
Nc211(closed) over Dutchmans Creek	Brunswick	1922	1952	Concrete	27,500	Poor
Us17s. over Jackeys Creek	Brunswick	1922	1950	Concrete	13,250	Fair
Us74a over Cane Creek	Buncombe	1922	1956	Concrete	10,500	Fair

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