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US 15 over Panther Creek

Marlboro County, South Carolina · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 15 over Panther Creek in Marlboro County, South Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1925 and reconstructed in 1939, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 97 inventoried bridges in Marlboro County rated poor (7.2%); 7 (7.2%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 31 ft
Location	1MI NE of Mccoll
NBI structure number	000000000000950
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sc 9 Bus over Crooked Creek	1921	10,100	Poor
Sc 9 over Phillis Creek	1932	8,300	Poor
Sc 9 over Crooked Creek	2010	7,900	Good
US 15 over Beaver Dam Creek	1939	7,600	Fair
Sc 38 over Three Creeks	1994	7,500	Fair
US 1 SB over Pee Dee Overflow (no. 1)	1937	7,400	Fair