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I-85 NB over Pacolet River

Spartanburg 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 Pacolet River in Spartanburg 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 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 34,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 334 of the 643 inventoried bridges in Spartanburg County rated good (51.9%); 65 (10.1%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 508 ft
Location	3.0 Mi NW of Cowpens
NBI structure number	000000000009362
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 over Grays Creek	1959	104,300	Fair
I-85 over US 29	2000	98,800	Good
I-85 over Frey Creek	1960	97,800	Fair
I-85 over NS RR	2000	97,800	Good
I-85 over North Tyger River	2000	97,800	Good
I-85 over Fair Forest Creek	1993	80,500	Good