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North Ellis St. over Norfolk Southern RR.

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

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

North Ellis St. over Norfolk Southern RR. in Rowan 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 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 99 of the 245 inventoried bridges in Rowan County rated fair (40.4%); 5 (2.0%) 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 101 ft
Location	0.3 MI.E.JCT.US70
NBI structure number	000000001590393
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I85 over US52 Sbl & SR2200 Nbl	2005	81,500	Fair
I85 & US601 over Town Creek	1956	77,500	Fair
I85 over Southern Railway	2005	76,500	Good
I85 over SR1002	2005	76,500	Good
I85 over Town Creek	1955	73,000	Fair
I85 Nbl US52 Nbl over SR2114	2006	37,500	Good