NC39 over US1

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

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

NC39 over US1 in Vance 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 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 76 inventoried bridges in Vance County rated fair (57.9%); 5 (6.6%) 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 179 ft
Location	0.3 Mi. S. Jct. SR1214
NBI structure number	000000001810014
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-85 over Nutbush Creek	1970	33,000	Fair
SR1162 over I85	1970	22,500	Fair
I85N over US158W.RAMP	2016	21,000	Good
I85N over US158 Byp	1969	19,250	Fair
I85S over US158 Byp.	1969	19,250	Fair
I85I85 over Ruin Creek	1962	18,750	Fair