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I-26 Ebl over SR1142

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

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

I-26 Ebl over SR1142 in Polk 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 deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 19,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 68 of the 128 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated fair (53.1%); 16 (12.5%) 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 192 ft
Location	0.19 MI.E.JCT.SR1006
NBI structure number	000000001490099
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 74 Eastbound over Pvt Rd (equestrian Cente	2018	31,000	Good
I-26 over Wolfe Creek	1973	27,500	Fair
I-26 over Horse Creek	1969	27,500	Fair
I-26 Wbl over SR1142	1969	19,500	Fair
US74 Ramps over Horse Creek	1975	17,500	Fair
US74 over Little Whiteoak Creek	1995	15,500	Fair