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SR1509 over Bens Creek

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

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

SR1509 over Bens Creek in Warren 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 superstructure, 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 300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 85 inventoried bridges in Warren County rated poor (5.9%); 5 (5.9%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 61 ft
Location	0.6 Mi. N. Jct. SR1530
NBI structure number	000000001850016
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I85 over Trib. of Smith Creek	1957	19,500	Good
I85 over Smith Creek	1957	19,500	Fair
I85S over SR1226	2017	19,500	Good
I85 over Cabin Creek	1957	19,500	Fair
I85 over Blue Mud Creek	1957	19,000	Fair
I85 Nbl over SR1226	2016	11,000	Good