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NC251 over Flat Creek

Buncombe County, North Carolina · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

NC251 over Flat Creek in Buncombe 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 deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2009, making it 16 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 166 of the 553 inventoried bridges in Buncombe County rated good (30.0%); 57 (10.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 81 ft
Location	.01 MI.S.JCT.SR1742
NBI structure number	000000000210193
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-240 over US25	1958	84,500	Fair
I-26 Ebl over SR3431 Hominy Creek	2015	74,500	Fair
I40 over Ragsdale Creek	1966	74,500	Fair
I-40 over US19 23	2008	74,500	Good
I40 Ebl/wbl over Southern Railway	2008	74,500	Good
I-26 over Powell Creek	1965	72,500	Good