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US301 over Contentnea Creek

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

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

US301 over Contentnea Creek in Wilson 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 substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947 and reconstructed in 1972, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 195 inventoried bridges in Wilson County rated poor (2.1%); 4 (2.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 126 ft
Location	0.3 Mi.n. of US117
NBI structure number	000000001950033
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 95 Sbl over Norfolk Southern	1978	34,500	Fair
I795 US264 over Mill Branch	2002	30,500	Fair
I95 over Little Swamp	1977	28,500	Good
US264ALT over I95	1977	23,500	Fair
US264 over Bloomery Swamp	1969	23,500	Fair
I587 over Toisnet Swamp	1985	22,500	Good