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I-85 South Ramp over Cold Water Creek

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

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

I-85 South Ramp over Cold Water Creek in Rowan County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2019, making it 6 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 17,375 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 141 of the 245 inventoried bridges in Rowan County rated good (57.6%); 5 (2.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 125 ft
Location	0.2mi.s.jct.sr1221
NBI structure number	000000001590471
Condition class	Good

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