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Blue Ridge Parkway over U.S. Route 23/74 & South

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

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

Blue Ridge Parkway over U.S. Route 23/74 & South in Haywood 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963 and reconstructed in 1995, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,878 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
It is one of 153 of the 287 inventoried bridges in Haywood County rated fair (53.3%); 45 (15.7%) 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	Continuous concrete single box beam
Length	about 283 ft
Location	10.9 Miles to Nc Route 21
NBI structure number	5140127P0000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 over NC215	1961	50,000	Fair
I-40 over Beaverdam Creek	1961	50,000	Fair
I-40 over North Hominy Creek	1961	50,000	Fair
I-40 over SR1550	1961	49,500	Fair
I-40 over Thickety Creek	1962	49,500	Fair
US74 over US19 23 74	1961	39,000	Fair