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US1 over Cedar Creek

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

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

US1 over Cedar Creek in Franklin 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1945 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 18,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 54 of the 118 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated fair (45.8%); 8 (6.8%) 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	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 39 ft
Location	150 Ft. N. Jct. US1A
NBI structure number	000000000690005
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US401 NC39 NC56 over Tar River	1982	21,500	Fair
US1S. over Tar River	1986	15,500	Fair
US1N over Tar River	1995	13,500	Fair
US401 over Little River	2019	12,000	Good
NC56 NC581 over Fox Creek	1973	11,500	Fair
US401 over Crooked Creek	2019	11,000	Good