I-40 over NC18

Burke 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 NC18 in Burke 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 2013, making it 12 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 101 of the 233 inventoried bridges in Burke County rated good (43.3%); 14 (6.0%) 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 147 ft
Location	0.45 MI.E.JCT.SR1924
NBI structure number	000000000230140
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-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 Wbl over SR1744	2019	22,500	Good
I-40 Wbl over SR1761	1958	22,250	Fair