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NC540E over NC54 SR1637 So. R/R

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

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

NC540E over NC54 SR1637 So. R/R in Wake 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 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 14,750 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 458 of the 800 inventoried bridges in Wake County rated good (57.2%); 42 (5.2%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 433 ft
Location	1.15 Mi S Jct I40
NBI structure number	000000001831044
Condition class	Good

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