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Bridge conditions in Wake County, North Carolina

800 inventoried bridges · 42 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled 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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