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Bridge conditions in Cleveland County, North Carolina

274 inventoried bridges · 32 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

About one in 9 bridges in Cleveland County is rated in poor condition: 32 of 274 on the federal inventory, one of the higher shares in North Carolina.

32 of the 274 bridges in Cleveland County, North Carolina, are rated in poor condition (11.7%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
102 bridges (37.2%) are rated good and 140 (51.1%) fair.
The median Cleveland County bridge was built in 1975.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is US74 Ebl over Sandy Run Creek (built 1925), carrying about 10,000 vehicles a day.

Good 37.2% · Fair 51.1% · Poor 11.7% of 274 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US74 Ebl over Sandy Run Creek	1925	10,000	Poor
US74 Wbl over Sandy Run	1965	10,000	Poor
NC150 over Buffalo Creek	1955	8,900	Poor
SR1001 over Potts Creek	1951	6,600	Poor
SR2033 over Buffalo Creek	1955	5,200	Poor
SR1305 over Brushy Creek	1969	2,900	Poor
US29 Nbl over I85 Sbl	1958	2,900	Poor
NC226 over Hinton Creek	1955	2,900	Poor
US74 Bus over Seaboard Coast Line RR	1950	2,500	Poor
SR1337 over Ut to First Broad River	1971	2,200	Poor
SR1850 over First Broad River	1955	2,200	Poor
SR1308 over Brushy Creek	1974	1,600	Poor
SR1167 over Scl RR	1925	1,100	Poor
SR1167 over US74	1968	1,000	Poor
SR2249 over Beason Creek	1976	1,000	Poor
SR2014 over Little Persimmon Creek	1970	880	Poor
SR1002 over Ashworth Creek	1949	850	Poor
SR1363 over Brushy Creek	1967	850	Poor
SR1121 over First Broad River	1967	700	Poor
SR1536 over Pheasant Creek	1990	620	Poor
SR2013 over Persimmon Creek	1990	560	Poor
SR1203 over Camp Creek	1989	450	Poor
SR1314 over Branch of Beaverdam Cree	1958	300	Poor
SR1632 over Little Knob Creek	1953	300	Poor
SR1817 over Big Harris Creek	1966	250	Poor
SR1517 over Crooked Run Creek	1963	240	Poor
SR1824 over Shoal Rock Creek	1957	240	Poor
SR1913 over Suck Creek	1966	220	Poor
SR1521 over Hinton Creek	1940	170	Poor
SR1514 over Crooked Run Creek	1971	150	Poor
SR1325 over Ut to Mayne Creek	1953	110	Poor
SR2017 over Little Persimmon Creek	1990	100	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US74 Ebl over Buffalo Creek	1957	83,000	Fair
US74 over Hickory Creek	1949	40,000	Fair
US74 Ebl over First Broad River	1936	35,000	Fair
US74 Wbl over First Broad River	1963	35,000	Fair
US74 over Mcgill Creek	1982	35,000	Fair
US74 & SR2604 over Potts Creek	1981	33,500	Fair
I85 Sbl over NC216	1958	22,500	Fair
I85 Nbl over NC216	1958	21,500	Fair
US74 Byp(closed) over First Broad River	2023	21,010	Good
US74 Byp(closed) over First Broad River	2023	21,010	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

Every bridge in Cleveland County → - all 274, busiest first, each with its own condition record.

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