NC86 over I85

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

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

NC86 over I85 in Orange 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 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 98 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Orange County rated fair (51.9%); 16 (8.5%) 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 281 ft
Location	0.6 Mi. S. Jct. US70 Bus
NBI structure number	000000001350059
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 & I85 over SR1120	1996	115,000	Good
I40 I85 over Sevenmile Creek	1957	95,000	Fair
I40 over New Hope Creek	1986	59,000	Fair
I40 & I85 Ebl over SR1239	1996	57,500	Good
I40 & I85 Wbl over SR1239 I-85 Conn	1996	57,500	Good
I40E.RAMP over I40E I85N/NC86S I85S	1987	50,500	Fair