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NC87 over Grays Creek

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

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

NC87 over Grays Creek in Cumberland 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 culvert, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 1951, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 112 of the 352 inventoried bridges in Cumberland County rated fair (31.8%); 3 (0.9%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	5	Fair condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 23 ft
Location	0.5 MI.S.JCT.SR2238
NBI structure number	000000000510249
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NC24 NC87 NC210 over SR1613	2012	59,500	Good
NC24 NC87 over Lower Little River	2001	50,000	Good
SR1007 over Aberdeen/rockfish RR.	1976	50,000	Fair
I-95 over Br of Cape Fear River	2023	49,500	Good
I95N over Cape Fear River	1979	47,000	Fair
I95S over Cape Fear River	1979	47,000	Fair