I-40 over US19 23

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

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

I-40 over US19 23 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 2008, making it 17 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 74,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 166 ft
Location	.54 MI.E.JCT.SR1224
NBI structure number	000000000210301
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
I40 Ebl/wbl over Southern Railway	2008	74,500	Good
I-26 over Powell Creek	1965	72,500	Good
I-26 over NC146	2010	72,500	Good