SR1959 over I40

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

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

SR1959 over I40 in Durham 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 190 of the 313 inventoried bridges in Durham County rated fair (60.7%); 10 (3.2%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 278 ft
Location	0.3 Mi. S. Jct. SR2058
NBI structure number	000000000630228
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over SR1973	1995	147,000	Fair
I40 Wbl over NC55	1985	107,000	Fair
I85 & US15 over Ellerbee Creek	1960	104,000	Fair
I40 over Northeast Creek	1985	101,000	Fair
I85N over NC55	2005	80,000	Good
I85 US15 US70 over SR1671	2001	80,000	Good