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21ST Ave.northwest over Lake Hickory Inlet

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

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

21ST Ave.northwest over Lake Hickory Inlet in Catawba 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 140 of the 235 inventoried bridges in Catawba County rated fair (59.6%); 18 (7.7%) 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	1.8 Mi.e.jct.old Lenoir R
NBI structure number	000000000350038
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the North Carolina department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over Clark Creek	1975	61,000	Fair
I40 over Clark Creek	1975	56,000	Good
I40 over Clark Creek	1975	56,000	Fair
I40 over Geitner Branch	1975	53,500	Fair
I40 over Longview Creek	1975	48,500	Fair
US321 over Geitner Branch	1976	43,000	Fair