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US401 NC39 NC56 over Tar River

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

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

US401 NC39 NC56 over Tar River 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 21,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
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


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 300 ft
Location	0.3 Mi. S. Jct. NC56
NBI structure number	000000000690033
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US1 over Cedar Creek	1945	18,000	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