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NC55 over Abandoned Dur&south R.R.

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

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

NC55 over Abandoned Dur&south R.R. in Wake 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 1958, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 300 of the 800 inventoried bridges in Wake County rated fair (37.5%); 42 (5.2%) 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 270 ft
Location	0.3mi.s.jct.sr2767
NBI structure number	000000001830094
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 Wbl over Crabtree Creek	1969	133,000	Fair
I40 Wbl over SR1728	1981	133,000	Good
I440 over SR1676(LAKE Boone Trail)	1960	120,000	Fair
I440 over US70	1960	120,000	Fair
I-40 over Stirrup Iron Creek	1969	120,000	Fair
I40 over Big Branch Creek	1986	119,000	Fair