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SR1956 over Rocky Branch

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

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

SR1956 over Rocky Branch in Chatham 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 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 160 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2000).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 243 inventoried bridges in Chatham County rated poor (1.2%); 3 (1.2%) 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
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