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Wilson Creek Dr. over Ut to Sweeten Creek

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

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

Wilson Creek Dr. over Ut to Sweeten Creek 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1999).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal 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	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 25 ft
Location	.01MI.W.JCT.CARIBOU Rd.
NBI structure number	000000000210842
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