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N Modena Street over I85

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

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

N Modena Street over I85 in Gaston 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 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 134 of the 233 inventoried bridges in Gaston County rated fair (57.5%); 21 (9.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 260 ft
Location	1.3 Mi. N. Jct. US321
NBI structure number	000000000710126
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I85 over Duharts Creek	1963	129,000	Fair
I85 over Catawba River	1958	127,000	Fair
I85 over US321	1962	117,000	Good
I85 over Ut to Long Creek	1962	101,000	Fair
I85 over Kaglor Branch	1962	96,500	Fair
I85 over Abernathy Creek	1962	81,000	Poor