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SR1343 over Hanging Dog Creek

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

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

SR1343 over Hanging Dog Creek in Cherokee 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1996).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 163 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated poor (10.4%); 17 (10.4%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 55 ft
Location	25 FT.N.JCT.SR1342
NBI structure number	000000000390102
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US19 64 over Cane Creek	1950	20,000	Fair
US64 over Martin Creek	2008	13,500	Good
US64 over Hiwassee River	2008	13,000	Fair
US64 over SR1558	2008	13,000	Good
US19 74 129 Nbl over Hiwassee River	1979	10,250	Fair
US19 64 74 Sbl over Hiwassee River	1979	10,250	Fair