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Sc 5 over Southern RR

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

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

Sc 5 over Southern RR 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 2003, making it 22 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,600 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 prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 138 ft
Location	1 Mi E Blacksburg
NBI structure number	000000000009754
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