Bridge conditions in Wake County, North Carolina 800 inventoried bridges · 42 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory
United States Bridge Conditions 2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWA Compiled August 20, 2026
The federal inventory lists 800 bridges in Wake County: 458 rated good, 300 fair, and 42 poor.
42 of the 800 bridges in Wake County, North Carolina, are rated in poor condition (5.2%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026 .458 bridges (57.2%) are rated good and 300 (37.5%) fair.
The median Wake County bridge was built in 1998 .
The busiest poor-rated bridge is US1NBL over Seaboard RR (built 1941), carrying about 45,500 vehicles a day.
Good 57.2% · Fair 37.5% · Poor 5.2% of 800 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 US1NBL over Seaboard RR 1941 45,500 Poor SR1010 Center St. over US1 1959 27,500 Poor SR1005 over I440 1961 25,500 Poor Pullen Road over Norfork Southern CSX RR 1977 20,000 Poor US401 over Crabtree Creek 1937 18,000 Poor I40 Ebl Coll over US1 1982 17,500 Poor US401S over Southern RR Creek 1953 17,250 Poor US401 over Atlantic Ave 1956 16,500 Poor SR1664 over SR1728 1969 16,500 Poor US401 N over Southern RR Creek 1965 16,250 Poor US401S over Atlantic Ave. 1955 15,500 Poor SR2551 over Walnut Creek 1968 13,000 Poor SR1630 over Kit Creek 1975 12,500 Poor SR2713 over US70 NC50 1962 12,500 Poor Gorman Street over Norfolk Southern RR & Cs 1987 12,500 Poor SR1733 over SR1728 1958 12,000 Poor NC50 over Neuse River Falls Lake) 1978 10,500 Poor SR2000 over US401 1956 10,250 Poor SR1160 over Beaver Creek 1975 9,600 Poor SR2752 over Norfolk&southern Railway 1974 9,600 Poor SR2711 over Reedy Branch 1964 9,400 Poor SR2555 over White Oak Creek 1952 8,300 Poor SR2044 over Smiths Creek 1967 8,100 Poor NC231 over Carolina Coastal 1938 6,000 Poor Cheswick Drive over Big Branch 1960 5,800 Poor SR2049 over Hodges Mill Creek 1978 5,200 Poor SR1152 over White Oak Creek 1961 4,400 Poor SR2224 over Wake Crossroads Lake 1978 4,200 Poor SR2720 over Ut to Swift Creek 1969 3,600 Poor Greenbrier Rd. over Echo Creek 1970 3,400 Poor SR1377 over Dutchmans Branch 1985 2,200 Poor SR1911 over New Light Creek 1961 2,100 Poor SR1179 over Norfolk Southern Railway 1971 1,900 Poor SR2770 over Br. of Kenneth CR. 1976 1,700 Poor W.dynasty Drive over Black Creek Tributary 1985 1,000 Poor Shelley Road over Mine Creek 1956 560 Poor Old Reedy Crk. Rd. over Crabtree Creek 1978 400 Poor Atchison St. over Bagwell Branch 1965 400 Poor Mountford Ave. over Norfolk Southern RR 1936 289 Poor SR1117 (closed) over Buckhorn Creek 1960 150 Poor SR2333 (closed) over Little River 1958 120 Poor SR1912 over New Light Creek 1957 100 Poor
Busiest bridges in the county Bridge Built Vehicles/day Condition I40 Wbl over Crabtree Creek 1969 133,000 Fair I40 Wbl over SR1728 1981 133,000 Good I440 over SR1676(LAKE Boone Trail) 1960 120,000 Fair I440 over US70 1960 120,000 Fair I-40 over Stirrup Iron Creek 1969 120,000 Fair I40 over Big Branch Creek 1986 119,000 Fair I40 over Brier Creek 1968 116,000 Fair I40 over Brier Creek 1970 116,000 Fair I440 over Marsh Creek 1960 115,000 Fair I40W over I440 US1 1982 112,000 Fair
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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