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SR1428 over Welch Mill Creek

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

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

SR1428 over Welch Mill Creek in Cherokee 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1924, making it 101 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 93 of the 163 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated fair (57.1%); 17 (10.4%) 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	Concrete girder and floorbeam
Length	about 34 ft
Location	150 FT.S.JCT.SR1430
NBI structure number	000000000390250
Condition class	Fair

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