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US1BUS NC42 over Buffalo Creek

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

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

US1BUS NC42 over Buffalo Creek 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 culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1958, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,400 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 28 ft
Location	0.15MI. E. Jct. SR1190
NBI structure number	000000001050104
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
US1/15/501 NC87BUS over Southern RR	1956	27,500	Fair
US1 over Little Buffalo Creek	1974	27,500	Good