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Sc 18 over Broad River

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

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

Sc 18 over Broad River in Cherokee 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 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,800 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 92 of the 200 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated fair (46.0%); 18 (9.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 605 ft
Location	5.2 Mi NE of Gaffney
NBI structure number	000000000008817
Condition class	Fair

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
I-85 NB over Cherokee Creek	2002	31,250	Good