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SR1234 over Catawba River

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

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

SR1234 over Catawba River in McDowell 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 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 108 of the 233 inventoried bridges in McDowell County rated fair (46.4%); 21 (9.0%) 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 119 ft
Location	.1 Mi.s.jct.i-40
NBI structure number	000000001110142
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over Big Camp Creek	1958	31,500	Fair
I-40 over Thompsons Fork Creek	1958	31,000	Fair
I-40 over North Muddy Creek	1958	29,000	Good
I-40 over Glades Creek	1958	28,500	Fair
I-40 over Youngs Fork Creek	1958	28,000	Fair
I-40 over Curtis Creek	1991	27,500	Fair