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Camden County, NC

28 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.9% rated Good, 46.4% Fair, 10.7% Poor.

28
Public bridges
42.9%
Good condition
10.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Camden County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

83rd
of 100 on Poor share
10.7%
Poor-condition share
28
public highway bridges
1989
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Camden County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Camden County ranks #83 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.7%). Camden County, North Carolina contains 28 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.9% are rated “Good,” 46.4% “Fair,” and 10.7% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

28

Public highway bridges in Camden County

Good condition

42.9%

12 of 28 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.4%

13 of 28 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.7%

3 of 28 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#83 of 100

Among North Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 28 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
42.9% (12)
Fair
46.4% (13)
Poor
10.7% (3)

Camden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,750 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 917 crossings a day against 3,879 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 28 of 28 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

17.9% of Camden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

5 of the 28 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 42.9% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 65.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR1224 over JOYCE CREEK, built 1951, carries 1,800 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,750 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Camden County's bridges were built

28 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 35.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1989) matches the North Carolina average (1986).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Camden County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Camden County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1996 is 7 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 99 North Carolina counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Camden County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Dare County 40 10%
Perquimans County 39 2.6%
Chowan County 38 2.6%
Tyrrell County 28 14.3%
Camden County (this page) 28 10.7%
Currituck County 22 0%

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Camden County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Camden County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (28 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1989 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 28 Good 12 Fair 13 Poor 3

All bridges (28)

MYRTLE DITCH ROAD

Fair

Over: CORAPEAKE DITCH

CORAPEAKE & MYRTLE DITCH, Camden, NC

Built 1987 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 1

U.S. ROUTE 17

Fair

Over: DISMAL SWAMP CANAL

SOUTH MILLS, Camden, NC

Built 1934 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 3,200

US17N

Fair

Over: US17B NC343 DISM.CANL

0.7 MI.S. OF JCT. SR1226, Camden, NC

Built 1982 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 8,000

US17S

Fair

Over: US17B NC343 DISML.SWP

0.7 MI.S. OF JCT. SR1226, Camden, NC

Built 1982 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 8,000

NC343

Fair

Over: ARENEUSE CREEK

0.2MI.S.JCT.SR1121, Camden, NC

Built 1980 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 2,800

NC343

Fair

Over: MILL DAM CREEK

0.5 MI N JCT SR1132, Camden, NC

Built 1980 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 5,000

SR1211

Fair

Over: JOYCE CREEK

0.6 MI S. OF JCT. US17BUS, Camden, NC

Built 1993 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 230

US17

Fair

Over: PASQUOTANK RIVER OVERFLO

0.2 MI.N JCT SR1251, Camden, NC

Built 1983 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 240

DISMAL SWAMP PK TR

Fair

Over: DISMAL SWAMP CANAL

.1 MI.W. SR1231 & US17, Camden, NC

Built 2007 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 20

US17

Fair

Over: PASQUOTANK RIVER OFLO

0.7 MI.N.JCT.SR1251, Camden, NC

Built 1983 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 15,000

NC34

Fair

Over: RUN SWAMP CANAL

0.8MI N. OF JCT SR1206, Camden, NC

Built 1986 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,700

SR1119

Fair

Over: ARENEUSE CREEK

0.2 MI.S. OF JCT SR1121, Camden, NC

Built 1989 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 470

NC343

Fair

Over: BURNT MILL CANAL

7.1MI.N.US158, Camden, NC

Built 2006 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,100

NC343

Good

Over: JOYCE CREEK

100 FT. SOUTH OF SR 1217, Camden, NC

Built 2011 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,300

NC343

Good

Over: SAWYER CREEK

0.5 MI. N. OF JCT. US158, Camden, NC

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,000

SR1200

Good

Over: SAWYERS CREEK

0.1 MI S. JCT. SR1145, Camden, NC

Built 2018 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 900

SR1148

Good

Over: PORTOHONK CREEK

0.1 MI E JCT NC343, Camden, NC

Built 2015 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 110

SR1107

Good

Over: INDIAN TOWN CREEK

.3 MI.N. OF JCT.SR1211, Camden, NC

Built 2005 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 1,300

SR1224

Good

Over: JOYCE CREEK

0.01 MI. S. OF JCT SR1217, Camden, NC

Built 2007 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 2,000

US158

Good

Over: GREAT SWAMP

0.3 MI.E.JCT SR1135, Camden, NC

Built 1981 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 6,300

SR1135

Good

Over: BR.INDIANTOWN SWAMP

0.3 MI W. JCT SR1121, Camden, NC

Built 2014 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 240

US158

Good

Over: CR. OFF PASQUOTANK R

0.2 MI. W. OF JCT. SR1139, Camden, NC

Built 2012 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 15,500

US158

Good

Over: RUN SWAMP

0.8MI E. OF JCT SR1135, Camden, NC

Built 2002 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 9,000

SR1239

Good

Over: CANAL

.01MI S.JCT.SR1224, Camden, NC

Built 1959 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 100

SR1224

Good

Over: CANAL

100 E. JCT. SR1239, Camden, NC

Built 2002 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,800

SR1235

Poor

Over: JOYCE CREEK

0.6 MI E JCT SR1234, Camden, NC

Built 1959 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 100

SR1224

Poor

Over: JOYCE CREEK

.7 MI.S.JCT.SR1225, Camden, NC

Built 1951 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,800

SR1203

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF SAWYERS CREEK

1.6 MI E JCT NC343, Camden, NC

Built 1960 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 850

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