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SR1160 over Beaver Creek

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

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

SR1160 over Beaver Creek in Wake County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 42 of the 800 inventoried bridges in Wake County rated poor (5.2%); 42 (5.2%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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