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SR1981 over Camel Branch

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

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

SR1981 over Camel Branch in Iredell 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 culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 48 of the 333 inventoried bridges in Iredell County rated poor (14.4%); 48 (14.4%) 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
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I77 over Lake Norman	2018	63,500	Good
I77 over Ut to Fourth Creek	1957	58,000	Fair
I-77 over Duck Creek	1970	56,500	Fair
I77 over Cornelius Creek	1966	54,000	Fair
I-40 over Ut to Fourth Creek	2022	41,500	Good
I77 over Fifth Creek	1973	38,500	Fair