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SR1534 over Poley Branch

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

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

SR1534 over Poley Branch in Duplin 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 substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 450 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 208 inventoried bridges in Duplin County rated poor (7.2%); 15 (7.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 88 ft
Location	1.6 Mi. N. Jct. NC111
NBI structure number	000000000610137
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over Stewarts Creek	1988	23,500	Good
I40 over Maxwell Creek	1988	19,500	Fair
I40 over Beaverdam Branch	1988	19,500	Good
I40E over NC11	1986	18,500	Fair
NC41 over Little Rockfish Creek	1969	13,000	Fair
I40 Ebl over Seaboard Coastline RR	1987	11,750	Good