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Northampton County, NC

83 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.3% rated Good, 65.1% Fair, 3.6% Poor.

83
Public bridges
31.3%
Good condition
3.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Northampton County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 38%
lowest Poor share in state
3.6%
Poor-condition share
83
public highway bridges
1981
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.

Northampton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Northampton County ranks #38 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.6%). Northampton County, North Carolina contains 83 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.3% are rated “Good,” 65.1% “Fair,” and 3.6% “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

83

Public highway bridges in Northampton County

Good condition

31.3%

26 of 83 rated 7-9

Fair condition

65.1%

54 of 83 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.6%

3 of 83 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#38 of 100

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

Condition distribution

Share of 83 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
31.3% (26)
Fair
65.1% (54)
Poor
3.6% (3)

Northampton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,030 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 343 crossings a day against 732 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 83 of 83 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

34.9% of Northampton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

29 of the 83 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 31.3% 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 50.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR1344 over CORDUROY SWAMP, built 1953, carries 520 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 1,030 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Northampton County's bridges were built

83 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1981, 5 years older than the North Carolina average of 1986.

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

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

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Northampton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1991 is 10 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Northampton County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Caswell County 90 5.6%
Warren County 84 4.8%
Northampton County (this page) 83 3.6%
Jones County 82 1.2%
Hyde County 75 6.7%
Vance County 75 6.7%

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 Northampton 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 Northampton County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (83 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1981 here).

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

All 83 Good 26 Fair 54 Poor 3

All bridges (83)

SR1529

Fair

Over: TRIB CUTAWHISKIE CREEK

2.25 MI.S.JCT.US258, Northampton, NC

Built 1987 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 390

SR1301

Fair

Over: JACKS SWAMP

0.9 MI S. OF JCT US 301, Northampton, NC

Built 1988 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 310

SR 1115

Fair

Over: CAN. OFF URAHAW SWP.

0.3 MI.W. OF JCT.NC 305, Northampton, NC

Built 1978 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 190

SR1311

Fair

Over: RAMSEY CREEK

0.1 MI.W. OF JCT.NC305, Northampton, NC

Built 2006 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,300

NC35

Good

Over: POTECASI CREEK OVERFLOW

0.3MI.N.JCT.SR1501, Northampton, NC

Built 1967 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,500

US301

Good

Over: SCL RAILROAD

0.4 MI. S. JCT. SR1203, Northampton, NC

Built 2003 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 1,000

SR1324

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

0.35 MI.N. OF JCT.SR1320, Northampton, NC

Built 2010 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 710

SR1344

Good

Over: ROGERS SWAMP

0.8 MI. N. JCT. SR1343, Northampton, NC

Built 2018 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 220

SR1536

Good

Over: BR. POTECASI CREEK

0.01M. W. JCT. SR1558, Northampton, NC

Built 2014 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 480

SR1313

Good

Over: GUMBERRY SWAMP

0.9 MI. S. JCT. SR1314, Northampton, NC

Built 2021 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100

SR1209

Good

Over: BEAVERPOND CREEK

0.5 MI.N. OF JCT.SR1219, Northampton, NC

Built 2012 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 800

SR1339

Good

Over: MEHERRIN RIVER

2.0 MI N JCT SR1333, Northampton, NC

Built 2022 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100

SR1108

Good

Over: BRIDGERS CREEK

1.2 MI. W. OF JCT.US258, Northampton, NC

Built 2012 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 700

SR1360

Good

Over: BR. OF KIRBYS CREEK

0.1 MI W. JCT SR1361, Northampton, NC

Built 2013 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 190

SR1203

Good

Over: JACKS SWAMP

0.1 MI W JCT US301, Northampton, NC

Built 2021 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100

US158

Good

Over: RAMSEY CREEK

0.3 MI E JCT NC305, Northampton, NC

Built 1980 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,000

US158

Good

Over: GUMBERRY SWAMP

0.6 MI.W.JCT.SR1126, Northampton, NC

Built 2003 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,650

SR1362

Good

Over: KIRBYS CREEK

0.3 MI N JCT SR1364, Northampton, NC

Built 2000 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 120

SR1333

Good

Over: NCVA RR

0.6 MI.E.JCT SR1334, Northampton, NC

Built 1995 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 900

NC186

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

0.7 MI E JCT SR1367, Northampton, NC

Built 1993 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 1,000

SR1341

Good

Over: CORDUROY SWAMP

2.7 MI. W. JCT. NC35, Northampton, NC

Built 2019 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 620

SR1310

Good

Over: US301

0.3 MI. E. JCT.US158, Northampton, NC

Built 1994 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 320

SR1126

Good

Over: OCCONEECHEE CREEK

0.5 MI. E. JCT. SR1129, Northampton, NC

Built 2020 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 100

SR1101

Good

Over: AHOSKIE CREEK

0.6 MI S JCT NC305, Northampton, NC

Built 2000 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 100

SR1201

Good

Over: BEAVERPOND CREEK

0.8 MI N JCT NC 48, Northampton, NC

Built 2008 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 1,100

SR1300

Good

Over: CR. OFF CORWELLS MILLPON

0.9 MI. W. JCT. SR1317, Northampton, NC

Built 2019 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 510

SR1362

Good

Over: TRIB. OF KIRBYS CREEK

1.1 MI N. OF JCT SR1364, Northampton, NC

Built 1993 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 120

SR1320

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

0.5 MI. E. OF JCT. SR1319, Northampton, NC

Built 1989 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 100

SR1101

Good

Over: AHOSKIE CREEK OVERFLOW

0.5 MI.S. OF JCT.NC305, Northampton, NC

Built 1995 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 100

US258

Good

Over: ROANOKE RIVER OVERFLOW

0.8 MI S JCT SR1108, Northampton, NC

Built 2009 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,400

SR1505

Poor

Over: WILDCAT SWAMP

0.6 MI.S. OF JCT.US158, Northampton, NC

Built 1965 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 350

SR1356

Poor

Over: BR. OF KIRBYS CREEK

1.3 MI.S. OF JCT.SR1351, Northampton, NC

Built 1979 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 160

SR1344

Poor

Over: CORDUROY SWAMP

0.9 MI.N. OF JCT.US158, Northampton, NC

Built 1953 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 520

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