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US321 Bus over US321

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

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

US321 Bus over US321 in Gaston County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 78 of the 233 inventoried bridges in Gaston County rated good (33.5%); 21 (9.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 245 ft
Location	0.27 Mi. N. Jct. SR1605
NBI structure number	000000000710345
Condition class	Good

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