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SR1817 over N. Fork Mountain Creek

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

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

SR1817 over N. Fork Mountain 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
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


Structure	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 90 ft
Location	1.3 Mi. N. Jct. SR1818
NBI structure number	000000000350158
Condition class	Poor

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