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I40 Ebl over US321

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

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

I40 Ebl over US321 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 378 ft
Location	0.5 Mi. W. Jct. NC127
NBI structure number	000000000350077
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