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SR3556 Ramp over I-26 Wbl I-240 Ebl

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

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

SR3556 Ramp over I-26 Wbl I-240 Ebl in Buncombe County, North Carolina, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967 and reconstructed in 2012, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 330 of the 553 inventoried bridges in Buncombe County rated fair (59.7%); 57 (10.3%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 155 ft
Location	.5 MI.E.JCT.NC191 I240
NBI structure number	000000000210248
Condition class	Fair

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