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SR1586 (closed) over Clear Creek

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

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

SR1586 (closed) over Clear Creek in Henderson 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 1 (imminent failure condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953 and reconstructed in 1980, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Henderson County rated poor (10.5%); 26 (10.5%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Superstructure	1	Imminent failure condition
Substructure	1	Imminent failure condition


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 32 ft
Location	0.3 MI.E.JCT.SR1576
NBI structure number	000000000890036
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-26 US74 over Devils Fork Creek	1963	56,500	Fair
I26 US74 over Clear Creek	2023	56,000	Good
I-26 US74 over Featherstone Creek	1965	56,000	Fair
I-26 US74 over Dunn Creek	1963	55,000	Fair
I26 US74 over Higgins Branch	1963	54,500	Fair
I-26/US74 over Cane Creek	2021	54,500	Good