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Cataloochee Entran over Shanty Branch

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

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

Cataloochee Entran over Shanty Branch 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 deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1984, making it 41 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 36 ft
Location	0.4 Miles West of Nps Rou
NBI structure number	5460111P0000000
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