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SR1233 over Old Catawaba River

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

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

SR1233 over Old Catawaba River in Burke 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 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 118 of the 233 inventoried bridges in Burke County rated fair (50.6%); 14 (6.0%) 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 339 ft
Location	0.6 MI.N.JCT.US70
NBI structure number	000000000230048
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-40 over East Prong Hunting Creek	2013	50,000	Good
I-40 over Ut to Micol Creek	1956	45,000	Fair
I40 over Hunting Creek	1956	44,000	Fair
US64 over I-40	1957	26,000	Fair
I-40 over NC18	2013	25,500	Good
I-40 Wbl over SR1744	2019	22,500	Good