Wastetreat Plant R over Loves Creek

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

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

• Wastetreat Plant R over Loves 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 35 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1998).
• Its listed owner is a city or municipal 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.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: substructure 6 to 7.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated April 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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