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US1/15/501 NC87BUS over 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

US1/15/501 NC87BUS over 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1956 and reconstructed in 1977, making it 69 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 27,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 135 ft
Location	0.1 Mi. N. Jct. US421
NBI structure number	000000001050027
Condition class	Fair

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 over Little Buffalo Creek	1974	27,500	Good
US1 US15 US501 over Big Buffalo Creek	1955	23,000	Fair