Structure 5140127P0000000 · Haywood County, NC

Blue Ridge Parkway over U.s. Route 23/74 & South

Carries Blue Ridge Parkway over U.s. Route 23/74 & South, 10.9 Miles To Nc Route 21.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT284 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

284 ft end to end, longest span 71 ft: about 4 semi-trucks nose to tail. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a box-beam bridge.

Built1963rebuilt 1995
Length283.8 ft86.5 m
Daily traffic1,878counted 2013
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StateNorth Carolina
CountyHaywood
Location10.9 Miles To Nc Route 21
CarriesBlue Ridge Parkway
CrossesU.s. Route 23/74 & South
Coordinates35.43432, -83.07825

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Single/Spread
Total Length283.8 ft (86.5 m)
Max Span70.9 ft (21.6 m)
Deck Width33.1 ft (10.1 m)
Deck Area873.6 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1963 (reconstructed 1995)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic1,878 (2013)
Truck Traffic18%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerNational Park Service
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number5140127P0000000

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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