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I-40 Wbl over NC226

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

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

I-40 Wbl over NC226 in McDowell County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1958 and reconstructed in 1997, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 14,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 104 of the 233 inventoried bridges in McDowell County rated good (44.6%); 21 (9.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 173 ft
Location	1.8 MI.E.JCT.US221
NBI structure number	000000001110143
Condition class	Good

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