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I-40 Eastbound over SR1338

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

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

I-40 Eastbound over SR1338 in Haywood 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 2024, making it 1 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 89 of the 287 inventoried bridges in Haywood County rated good (31.0%); 45 (15.7%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
It does not appear under this structure number in the 2024 inventory (a new or renumbered structure).
Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 609 ft
Location	1.0 Mi. N. Jct. US276
NBI structure number	000000000870470
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	September 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	N: not over a waterway

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