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NC16 over Twelve Mile Creek

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

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

NC16 over Twelve Mile Creek in Union 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 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2005, making it 20 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 19,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 179 of the 355 inventoried bridges in Union County rated good (50.4%); 20 (5.6%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US74 Byp over SR3909	2018	63,000	Good
US74 Byp over SR1365	2018	63,000	Good
US74 over S. Fork Crooked Creek	1953	52,000	Fair
NC16 over Six Mile Creek	2010	38,500	Good
US74 over Stewarts Creek	1953	36,000	Fair
US74 US601 over Ut to Richardson Creek	1952	34,500	Fair