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US158E over Potecasi Creek

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

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

US158E over Potecasi Creek in Hertford 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 2015, making it 10 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 59 inventoried bridges in Hertford County rated good (59.3%); 3 (5.1%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 364 ft
Location	0.5 Mi. E. of Jct. SR1176
NBI structure number	000000000910156
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US13 NC42 NC561 over Sclrr	1938	13,000	Fair
NC11 NC42 over Turkey Creek	1923	7,200	Fair
NC42 over Ahoskie Creek	2016	7,200	Good
US13 NC42 over Ahoskie Creek	2011	6,700	Fair
US13 NC42 over Ahoskie Creek Overflow	2011	6,700	Good
US258 over Meherrin River	1991	4,700	Fair