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NC42 over Swift Creek

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

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

NC42 over Swift Creek in Johnston 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 substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 21,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 322 inventoried bridges in Johnston County rated poor (3.7%); 12 (3.7%) 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 224 ft
Location	0.7 Mi W Jct SR1525
NBI structure number	000000001010021
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I95 over Hannah Creek	1970	65,000	Fair
I95 over Mingo Swamp	1970	59,000	Fair
I40 over Pole Branch	1988	48,000	Fair
I95N over Neuse River	1957	42,000	Fair
I95 Sbl over Neuse River	1955	42,000	Fair
I40 over Pole Branch	1987	41,500	Good