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SR1728 over Klingermans Run Creek

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

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

SR1728 over Klingermans Run Creek in Burke County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 233 inventoried bridges in Burke County rated poor (6.0%); 14 (6.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 25 ft
Location	.05 MI.S.JCT.SR1729
NBI structure number	000000000230228
Condition class	Poor

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