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SR1603 over North Hominy Creek

Haywood County, North Carolina · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SR1603 over North Hominy Creek in Haywood County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 45 of the 287 inventoried bridges in Haywood County rated poor (15.7%); 45 (15.7%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 25 ft
Location	.1 MI.W.JCT.SR1604
NBI structure number	000000000870226
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 over NC215	1961	50,000	Fair
I-40 over Beaverdam Creek	1961	50,000	Fair
I-40 over North Hominy Creek	1961	50,000	Fair
I-40 over SR1550	1961	49,500	Fair
I-40 over Thickety Creek	1962	49,500	Fair
US74 over US19 23 74	1961	39,000	Fair