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SR1644 over Little Tennessee River

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

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

SR1644 over Little Tennessee River in Macon 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 substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1986, making it 39 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1997).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 103 of the 224 inventoried bridges in Macon County rated fair (46.0%); 48 (21.4%) 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 105 ft
Location	.1 MI.E.JCT.US23 441
NBI structure number	000000001130046
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US23 Nbl over US64 NC28	1972	25,000	Fair
US23 441 over Cartoogechaye Creek	1956	22,500	Fair
US23 441 over Rabbit Creek	1953	21,000	Fair
US23 441 over Watauga Creek	1979	17,500	Good
US23 441 over Skeenah Creek	1956	15,000	Good
US23 441 over Coweeta Creek	1956	13,500	Good