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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030708161947
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001092787-03-000195
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030708

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BB&T CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092230
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				560939887
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 WEST SECOND STREET
		CITY:			WINSTON-SALEM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3367332000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 WEST SECOND STREET
		CITY:			WINSTON-SALEM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27101

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN NATIONAL CORP /NC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ZETTLEMOYER ALBERT F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001022546

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10853
		FILM NUMBER:		03778641

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIRST VIRGINIA BANKS INC
		STREET 2:		6400 ARLINGTON BLVD
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042-2336
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7032420190

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2788 WELBOURNE COURT
		CITY:			OAKTON
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22124
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0101</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>
	<periodOfReport>2003-07-01</periodOfReport>
    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000092230</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BB&amp;T CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>(BBT)</issuerTradingSymbol>
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	<reportingOwner>
		<reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001022546</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ZETTLEMOYER ALBERT F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>1</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<nonDerivativeSecurity>
		<securityTitle>
			<value>Common Stock</value>
		</securityTitle>
		<transactionAmounts>
			<transactionShares>
				<value>6300</value>
			</transactionShares>
		</transactionAmounts>
		<ownershipNature>
			<directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<value>D</value>
			</directOrIndirectOwnership>
			<natureOfOwnership>
				<value/>
			</natureOfOwnership>
		</ownershipNature>
	</nonDerivativeSecurity>
	<footnotes>
	</footnotes>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Parris N. Adams, Attorney in fact</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-07-08</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>3
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<P align=center>Power of Attorney</P>
<P align=justify>The undersigned, being a director and/or officer of BB&amp;T
Corporation ("Company"), hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints Clarence W.
Keel, Sandra B. Lewis, Parris N. Adams, David L. Craven and Jerone C. Herring,
or any one of them severally, to be his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and to sign in my name and on my behalf, and to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("Commission"), the Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities on Form 3, the Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership of Securities on Form 4, the Annual Report on Form 5 and any other
statements, reports or filings, making such changes in said reports and filings,
as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and generally to do all such things
on my behalf to comply with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and all requirements of the Commission.
<P align=justify>In testimony whereof, I hereby sign and seal this Power of
Attorney, this 30th day of June 2003.
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<P align=justify><U>/s/ A.F. Zettlemoyer </P></U>
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