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SR1603 over Sapony Creek

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

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

SR1603 over Sapony Creek in Nash 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 263 inventoried bridges in Nash County rated poor (4.6%); 12 (4.6%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 176 ft
Location	1.2 MI.N.OF.SR1745
NBI structure number	000000001270044
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I95N over Swift Creek	1966	41,000	Fair
I95S over Swift Creek	1966	41,000	Fair
US301S Byp over Stoney Creek	2020	37,000	Good
US64 & Ser over Goose Creek	1981	37,000	Fair
US64W over SR1616	1980	33,500	Good
SR1613 over US64	1974	32,000	Fair