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SR1170 over Ut to Henry Fork Creek

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

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

SR1170 over Ut to Henry Fork Creek in Catawba 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 culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 235 inventoried bridges in Catawba County rated poor (7.7%); 18 (7.7%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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