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Hardesty Lane over Swanannoa River

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

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

Hardesty Lane over Swanannoa River in Buncombe 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 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
It is one of 57 of the 553 inventoried bridges in Buncombe County rated poor (10.3%); 57 (10.3%) 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 139 ft
Location	Adjacent to 118P; exit Rt
NBI structure number	5140203P0000000
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-240 over US25	1958	84,500	Fair
I-26 Ebl over SR3431 Hominy Creek	2015	74,500	Fair
I40 over Ragsdale Creek	1966	74,500	Fair
I-40 over US19 23	2008	74,500	Good
I40 Ebl/wbl over Southern Railway	2008	74,500	Good
I-26 over Powell Creek	1965	72,500	Good