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C-44-175 over Tinker Creek

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

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

C-44-175 over Tinker Creek in Union 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 substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 63 of the 132 inventoried bridges in Union County rated fair (47.7%); 21 (15.9%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 89 ft
Location	6.6 Mi S of Union
NBI structure number	000000000007755
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sc 18 over B.u.c. Railroad	1936	4,700	Fair
US 176 EB over Rocky Creek	1987	4,600	Fair
US 176 WB over Rocky Creek	1987	4,600	Fair
Sc 215 over Buffalo Creek	1924	4,100	Fair
Sc 49 over Shoals Creek	1931	3,800	Fair
Sc 72 over Cox Creek	1929	3,300	Fair