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SR1559 over Limekiln Creek

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

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

SR1559 over Limekiln Creek in McDowell County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2000).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 233 inventoried bridges in McDowell County rated poor (9.0%); 21 (9.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	.1 MI.E.JCT.SR1556
NBI structure number	000000001110194
Condition class	Poor

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