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NC16 over Catawba River

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

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

NC16 over Catawba River in Catawba 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 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 13,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 77 of the 235 inventoried bridges in Catawba County rated good (32.8%); 18 (7.7%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 809 ft
Location	0.7 Mi. N. Jct. SR1453
NBI structure number	000000000350139
Condition class	Good

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