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Bridge conditions in Lee County, North Carolina

98 inventoried bridges · 1 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 98 bridges in Lee County: 57 rated good, 40 fair, and 1 poor.

1 of the 98 bridges in Lee County, North Carolina, are rated in poor condition (1.0%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
57 bridges (58.2%) are rated good and 40 (40.8%) fair.
The median Lee County bridge was built in 1993.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is SR1400 over Norfolk Southern RR (built 1951), carrying about 3,100 vehicles a day.

Good 58.2% · Fair 40.8% · Poor 1.0% of 98 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
SR1400 over Norfolk Southern RR	1951	3,100	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US1B US15/501 NC87 over US15/501 NC87	1974	37,500	Fair
NC87 over Upper Little River	1998	35,000	Fair
US421 NC87S.BYP over Carrs Creek	1962	28,000	Good
US1/15/501 NC87BUS over US421 NC87 Bus	1977	27,500	Good
US1/15/501 NC87BUS over Southern RR	1956	27,500	Fair
US1 over Little Buffalo Creek	1974	27,500	Good
US1 US15 US501 over Big Buffalo Creek	1955	23,000	Fair
US1 US15/501 over SR1009	1977	23,000	Fair
NC87N over NC87 Bypass	2012	21,500	Good
US421N over Big Buffalo Creek	2015	18,000	Good

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

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