N Bank Chetco R Rd over N Fork Chetco River

Curry County, Oregon · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• N Bank Chetco R Rd over N Fork Chetco River in Curry County, Oregon, 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 1952, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 1,848 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 66 of the 101 inventoried bridges in Curry County rated fair (65.3%); 6 (5.9%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• It was rated poor in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (superstructure 7 to 6, substructure 4 to 7).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated November 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• 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.

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

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