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I-26 EB over CSX RR & L-973

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

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

I-26 EB over CSX RR & L-973 in Laurens 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959 and reconstructed in 1987, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20,900 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 160 of the 254 inventoried bridges in Laurens County rated fair (63.0%); 11 (4.3%) 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-385 over Sc 14 CSX RR Co Rd	1958	46,000	Fair
I-26 over Br to Millers Fork Ck	1959	41,800	Fair
I-26 over Millers Fork Creek	1960	41,800	Fair
I-385 over Warrior Creek	1957	30,200	Fair
I-26 over Beards Creek	1959	25,500	Fair
I-385 over EB Lane of I-26	2010	23,300	Good