Bridges in North Carolina

19,267Total Bridges

8,760Good

9,130Fair

1,377Poor

Bridge Conditions in North Carolina

North Carolina has 19,267 bridges tracked in the National Bridge Inventory. Of these, 1,377 (7%) are rated as poor condition — meaning at least one major component has significant deterioration. The average bridge in North Carolina is 39 years old.

North Carolina Bridge Facts

Total Bridges	19,267
Good Condition	8,760
Fair Condition	9,130
Poor Condition	1,377
Average Bridge Age	39 years
Longest Bridge	27580.1 ft

Longest Bridges in North Carolina

Us64 Us264byp over Croatan Sound27580.1 ftGood Nc32 Nc37 Nc94 over Albemarle Sound18461.0 ftPoor Us17 over Us17 Bus. & Tar River15274.0 ftFair Us64 over Alligator River15059.1 ftPoor Us158w over Currituck Sound14927.2 ftFair

Counties in North Carolina

Alamance244 bridges12 poor Alexander107 bridges12 poor Alleghany117 bridges17 poor Anson168 bridges7 poor Ashe241 bridges52 poor Avery108 bridges11 poor Beaufort155 bridges12 poor Bertie95 bridges8 poor Bladen124 bridges2 poor Brunswick168 bridges15 poor Buncombe552 bridges57 poor Burke233 bridges14 poor Cabarrus242 bridges17 poor Caldwell199 bridges20 poor Camden27 bridges5 poor Carteret56 bridges2 poor Caswell90 bridges5 poor Catawba235 bridges18 poor Chatham241 bridges3 poor Cherokee163 bridges17 poor Chowan39 bridges2 poor Clay64 bridges2 poor Cleveland272 bridges32 poor Columbus228 bridges3 poor Craven148 bridges5 poor Cumberland347 bridges3 poor Currituck22 bridges2 poor Dare40 bridges4 poor Davidson341 bridges15 poor Davie93 bridges3 poor Duplin207 bridges15 poor Durham310 bridges10 poor Edgecombe145 bridges7 poor Forsyth456 bridges44 poor Franklin118 bridges8 poor Gaston233 bridges21 poor Gates41 bridges1 poor Graham94 bridges3 poor Granville150 bridges13 poor Greene62 bridges Guilford743 bridges33 poor Halifax158 bridges3 poor Harnett137 bridges5 poor Haywood284 bridges45 poor Henderson246 bridges26 poor Hertford59 bridges3 poor Hoke135 bridges33 poor Hyde75 bridges5 poor Iredell331 bridges47 poor Jackson230 bridges29 poor Johnston322 bridges12 poor Jones81 bridges2 poor Lee98 bridges1 poor Lenoir145 bridges3 poor Lincoln169 bridges10 poor Macon224 bridges48 poor Madison242 bridges48 poor Martin124 bridges4 poor McDowell232 bridges21 poor Mecklenburg752 bridges19 poor Mitchell127 bridges28 poor Montgomery151 bridges1 poor Moore178 bridges3 poor Nash263 bridges12 poor New Hanover124 bridges3 poor Northampton84 bridges2 poor Onslow170 bridges4 poor Orange189 bridges16 poor Pamlico44 bridges7 poor Pasquotank56 bridges2 poor Pender112 bridges4 poor Perquimans39 bridges1 poor Person104 bridges3 poor Pitt225 bridges5 poor Polk128 bridges16 poor Randolph399 bridges7 poor Richmond164 bridges Robeson287 bridges2 poor Rockingham231 bridges26 poor Rowan243 bridges5 poor Rutherford297 bridges38 poor Sampson197 bridges6 poor Scotland101 bridges3 poor Stanly164 bridges4 poor Stokes151 bridges13 poor Surry309 bridges26 poor Swain131 bridges15 poor Transylvania159 bridges27 poor Tyrrell28 bridges4 poor Union353 bridges20 poor Vance76 bridges5 poor Wake797 bridges42 poor Warren85 bridges5 poor Washington59 bridges1 poor Watauga199 bridges18 poor Wayne207 bridges8 poor Wilkes349 bridges51 poor Wilson194 bridges4 poor Yadkin169 bridges17 poor Yancey162 bridges27 poor

Poor Condition Bridges in North Carolina

Bridge	County	Length	Traffic	Year
I277 & Nc16 over Us29/nc49 (graham St.)	Mecklenburg	190.0 ft	127,000	1971
I277 & Nc16 over Brevard Street	Mecklenburg	121.7 ft	96,000	1967
Us52 Us311 over Us311	Forsyth	127.0 ft	90,000	1963
I277 & Nc16 over North College Street	Mecklenburg	137.8 ft	84,000	1967
I85 over Abernathy Creek	Gaston	24.0 ft	81,000	1962
I40 Bus over Brushy Fork Creek	Forsyth	286.7 ft	74,500	1958
Us52 over 28th Street	Forsyth	173.9 ft	70,000	1964
Us421 over Little Creek	Forsyth	42.0 ft	58,500	1960
Nc67 over Little Creek	Forsyth	22.0 ft	55,000	1950
Nc67 over Us421	Forsyth	238.8 ft	53,500	1959
Us15/us501nbl over Sr1308	Durham	149.9 ft	51,000	1956
Us19 23 over I-240 Off Ramps	Buncombe	232.0 ft	48,000	1968
Us1nbl over Seaboard Rr	Wake	209.0 ft	45,500	1941
Us70 Us220 over Yanceyville Street	Guilford	154.9 ft	43,500	1968
I277 Sbl Us74 Wbl over I77 Us21	Mecklenburg	399.9 ft	41,500	1970
Us19 23 74 over Sr1527	Haywood	120.7 ft	39,000	1969
I40 Bus over Salem Creek	Forsyth	43.0 ft	38,500	1953
Us52 over 25th Street	Forsyth	107.9 ft	35,000	1964
I74 Us311 over Fiddlers Creek	Forsyth	49.9 ft	33,500	1981
Us17 over Us76	Brunswick	218.8 ft	33,000	1968
I85s over Sr1713	Orange	194.9 ft	32,750	1958
I85n Us70e over Us70w.bus	Orange	188.0 ft	32,750	1958
Us74 over Southern Railroad	Haywood	131.9 ft	32,000	1961
I85bus Us29 Us70 over Sr1009	Guilford	167.0 ft	31,000	1953
S. Elm Eugene St. over I40 I85 Business	Guilford	190.0 ft	31,000	1955
I-240 Ebl over Access Rd. Hominy Creek	Buncombe	295.9 ft	30,000	1967
I-240 Wbl over Access Rd. Hominy Creek	Buncombe	330.7 ft	30,000	1967
Us501 over Eno River	Durham	204.7 ft	30,000	1967
I26w Us19 23n 70w over Nc251 Sr1781 Reeds Creek	Buncombe	271.0 ft	29,250	1970
Us52 over Grassy Creek	Surry	31.8 ft	28,500	1962
I-77 Sbl over Third Creek	Iredell	199.8 ft	28,250	1964
I85s over Richland Creek	Guilford	43.0 ft	28,000	1981
Nc211(closed) over Dutchmans Creek	Brunswick	30.8 ft	27,500	1922
Us29 & Us74 over South Fork Catawba River	Gaston	419.0 ft	27,500	1926
I-40 over Pigeon River	Haywood	379.9 ft	27,500	1966
Sr1010 Center St. over Us1	Wake	301.8 ft	27,500	1959
Us52 Nbl over Sr1825 (patterson Ave.)	Forsyth	194.9 ft	27,000	1962
Us52 Sbl over Sr1825 (patterson Ave.)	Forsyth	194.9 ft	27,000	1962
Us29 Sbl over Sr1401	Guilford	144.7 ft	26,000	1966
I95s over Us421 Nc55	Harnett	174.9 ft	25,500	1955
Nc49 over Southern Railroad	Mecklenburg	126.0 ft	25,500	1956
Sr1005 over I440	Wake	308.7 ft	25,500	1961
Robinhood Road over Nc67	Forsyth	180.8 ft	25,000	1963
I40 WB over Sr1613	Haywood	163.7 ft	25,000	1961
I-40 over Sr1513	Haywood	146.0 ft	24,750	1961
Us29 over Little Troublesome Creek	Rockingham	43.0 ft	24,500	1968
Sr2264 over Us52	Forsyth	223.8 ft	23,000	1964
I85n over Sr1713	Orange	194.9 ft	23,000	1958
Us321nbl over Lake Hickory	Caldwell	943.9 ft	22,250	1983
I285/us52 Nbl over South Fork Muddy Creek	Forsyth	221.8 ft	22,250	1971
Beatties Ford Road over Nc16 & Scl.rr	Mecklenburg	356.0 ft	21,500	1972
I85nbl Us15n over Neuse River/falls Lake	Durham	464.9 ft	21,250	1969
I85s Us15s over Neuse River/falls Lake	Durham	462.9 ft	21,250	1969
Nc211(closed) over Cp&l Discharge Canal	Brunswick	325.8 ft	21,000	1972
Us19 23 Nbl over Reems Creek	Buncombe	269.7 ft	21,000	1963
Us19 23sbl over Reems Creek	Buncombe	269.7 ft	21,000	1963
Us64 70 over Southern Rr	Burke	192.9 ft	21,000	1955
Us23 74 Nbl over Richland Creek	Haywood	199.8 ft	21,000	1965
Us23 74 over Us19 23	Haywood	196.9 ft	21,000	1965
Nc42 over Swift Creek	Johnston	224.7 ft	21,000	1947
I95 Sbl over Black Creek	Johnston	201.8 ft	21,000	1955
Sr4000 over Us52	Forsyth	262.8 ft	20,500	1962
Nc42 over White Oak Creek	Johnston	111.9 ft	20,000	1947
Nc160 over Southern Railroad	Mecklenburg	135.8 ft	20,000	1956
Us17 over Chaney Creek	Onslow	127.0 ft	20,000	1957
Pullen Road over Norfork Southern Csx Rr	Wake	112.9 ft	20,000	1977
Us301 over Contentnea Creek	Wilson	127.0 ft	20,000	1947
Us64 Nc18 over Greasy Creek	Caldwell	31.8 ft	19,500	1960
Sr2329 over Duharts Creek	Gaston	46.9 ft	19,500	1977
Sr1109 over Lake Norman	Iredell	224.7 ft	19,500	1961
I277 Nbl Us74 Ebl over I77 Us21	Mecklenburg	376.0 ft	19,500	1970
I40 Ebl over Lyle Creek	Catawba	179.8 ft	18,250	1957
Nc24w over Northeast Creek	Onslow	349.7 ft	18,250	1942
Nc58 over Intracostal Wtrwy.	Carteret	4612.9 ft	18,000	1971
Us401 over Crabtree Creek	Wake	200.8 ft	18,000	1937
Us421b over Reddies River	Wilkes	284.8 ft	18,000	1935
I40 Ebl over Buffalo Shoals Creek	Iredell	179.8 ft	17,750	1957
I40 Wbl over Buffalo Shoals Creek	Iredell	179.8 ft	17,750	1955
I-40 Ebl over Silver Creek	Burke	250.0 ft	17,500	1956
Nc56 over I85	Granville	274.0 ft	17,500	1969
I40 Ebl Coll over Us1	Wake	300.9 ft	17,500	1982
Us401s over Southern Rr Creek	Wake	247.7 ft	17,250	1953
Nc73 over Coddle Creek	Cabarrus	180.8 ft	16,500	1969
Us401 over Atlantic AVE	Wake	128.9 ft	16,500	1956
Sr1664 over Sr1728	Wake	251.0 ft	16,500	1969
Us401 N over Southern Rr Creek	Wake	254.9 ft	16,250	1965
Sr1928 over Southern R.r.	Alamance	115.8 ft	16,000	1972
Sr2838 over Southern Railroad	Buncombe	220.8 ft	16,000	1972
Sr1117 over Us29	Guilford	253.9 ft	16,000	1974
Nc67 Nbl over Salem Creek	Forsyth	119.8 ft	15,750	1955
Us23 74 Sbl over Richland Creek	Haywood	199.8 ft	15,750	1965
Us52 Sbl over Toms Creek	Surry	164.7 ft	15,750	1960
Nc73 over Rocky River	Cabarrus	180.8 ft	15,500	1969
Us64a Us258 over Us64	Edgecombe	211.0 ft	15,500	1967
Sr1714 over Tar River	Nash	234.9 ft	15,500	1959
Us401s over Atlantic Ave.	Wake	149.9 ft	15,500	1955
I-77 Nbl over Nc268 Sou.rr Yadkin Rvr.	Surry	787.7 ft	15,250	1965
Benjamin Parkway over W Wendover Ave/us70/220	Guilford	172.9 ft	15,000	1968
Us29 & Us601 Nbl over Irish Buffalo Creek	Cabarrus	171.9 ft	14,750	1951
I77 Sbl over Rocky Creek	Iredell	239.8 ft	14,750	1972