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US15/501 NC87 over Norfolk Southern RR

Lee County, North Carolina · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US15/501 NC87 over Norfolk Southern RR in Lee County, North Carolina, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941 and reconstructed in 1963, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 13,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 40 of the 98 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated fair (40.8%); 1 (1.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US1B US15/501 NC87 over US15/501 NC87	1974	37,500	Fair
NC87 over Upper Little River	1998	35,000	Fair
US421 NC87S.BYP over Carrs Creek	1962	28,000	Good
US1/15/501 NC87BUS over US421 NC87 Bus	1977	27,500	Good
US1/15/501 NC87BUS over Southern RR	1956	27,500	Fair
US1 over Little Buffalo Creek	1974	27,500	Good