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I-85 NB over Cherokee Creek

Cherokee County, South Carolina · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

I-85 NB over Cherokee Creek in Cherokee County, South Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 31,250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 90 of the 200 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated good (45.0%); 18 (9.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 145 ft
Location	3.0 Mi NE of Gaffney
NBI structure number	000000000002916
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-85 NB over Thicketty Creek	2002	66,900	Good
I-85 NB over Broad River	2004	59,200	Good
I-85 over Buffalo Creek	2003	57,300	Good
I-85 over Southern Railroad	2019	50,700	Good
I-85 SB over Cherokee Creek	2002	31,250	Good
Sc 105 over I-85	2006	11,900	Good