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US158 over Cole Creek

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

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

US158 over Cole Creek in Gates 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 substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 41 inventoried bridges in Gates County rated fair (53.7%); 1 (2.4%) 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 135 ft
Location	0.6 Mi. E. Jct. SR1220
NBI structure number	000000000730008
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US158 over Duke Swamp	1967	3,700	Fair
US13N over Buckhorn Creek	2013	3,650	Good
US13S US158S over Buckhorn Creek	2015	3,650	Good
US158 over Jones Pond Creek	1960	3,100	Fair
NC37 over Bennetts Creek	1993	3,000	Fair
US158 over Raynor Swamp	1967	3,000	Good