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US158W over Currituck Sound

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

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

US158W over Currituck Sound in Currituck 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 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,750 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 22 inventoried bridges in Currituck County rated fair (36.4%); 2 (9.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 14,927 ft
Location	0.1 Mi. E. Jct. SR1187
NBI structure number	000000000530035
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NC168 over Shingle Landing Creek	1996	31,000	Good
NC168 over Roland Creek	1999	24,500	Fair
NC168 over New Bridge Creek	1999	21,000	Good
NC168 over Buckskin Creek	1998	19,500	Good
NC168 over Cowells Creek	1998	19,500	Good
NC168 over Guinea Mill Run	1999	19,000	Good