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NC902 over East Prong Bear Creek

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

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

NC902 over East Prong Bear Creek in Chatham 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 substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1949 and reconstructed in 1980, making it 76 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 131 of the 243 inventoried bridges in Chatham County rated fair (53.9%); 3 (1.2%) 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 41 ft
Location	2.9 Mi. W. Jct. US421
NBI structure number	000000000370014
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US1 over Shaddox Creek	1957	27,500	Fair
US64 over US421	1984	21,500	Fair
US64 over Rocky River	1999	19,000	Good
US1S. over SR1011 Seaboard RR	1998	17,750	Good
US1N over SR1011 & Seaboard RR	1997	17,750	Good
US64W over Haw River	1982	17,500	Fair