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Sc 81 over Cox Creek

Anderson County, South Carolina · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Sc 81 over Cox Creek in Anderson County, South 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954 and reconstructed in 1964, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 29,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 314 of the 462 inventoried bridges in Anderson County rated fair (68.0%); 19 (4.1%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-85 over Big Beaver Dam Creek	1963	70,400	Fair
I-85 over County Road Under I-85	1963	70,200	Fair
I-85 over Six & Twenty Creek	2002	63,800	Fair
I-85 NB over Hurricane Creek	1962	54,300	Fair
I-85 NB over Steel Creek	1962	50,300	Fair
I-85 NB over Little Beaverdam Creek	1961	45,900	Fair