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Perquimans County, NC

39 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.4% rated Good, 41% Fair, 2.6% Poor.

39
Public bridges
56.4%
Good condition
2.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Perquimans County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 23%
lowest Poor share in state
2.6%
Poor-condition share
39
public highway bridges
1996
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.

Perquimans County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Perquimans County ranks #23 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.6%). Perquimans County, North Carolina contains 39 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.4% are rated “Good,” 41% “Fair,” and 2.6% “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

39

Public highway bridges in Perquimans County

Good condition

56.4%

22 of 39 rated 7-9

Fair condition

41%

16 of 39 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.6%

1 of 39 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#23 of 100

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

Condition distribution

Share of 39 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
56.4% (22)
Fair
41% (16)
Poor
2.6% (1)

Perquimans County's Poor-condition bridges carry 440 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 440 crossings a day against 1,528 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 39 of 39 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

23.1% of Perquimans County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

9 of the 39 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 56.4% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR1301 over BR. OF PERQUIMANS RI., built 1962, carries 440 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 440 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Perquimans County's bridges were built

39 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1996, 10 years newer than the North Carolina average of 1986.

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

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

The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Perquimans County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1996 against a peer-group mean of 1992 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Perquimans County and the 5 North Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Pamlico County 45 17.8%
Gates County 41 2.4%
Dare County 40 10%
Perquimans County (this page) 39 2.6%
Chowan County 38 2.6%
Camden County 28 10.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NC (39 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1996 here).

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

All 39 Good 22 Fair 16 Poor 1

All bridges (39)

NC37

Fair

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

0.2 MI. S. JCT. SR1111, Perquimans, NC

Built 1955 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,100

SR1113

Fair

Over: BEAR SWAMP CANAL

0.1 MI. N. JCT. SR1110, Perquimans, NC

Built 1979 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 150

US17

Fair

Over: BETHEL CREEK

0.3 MI. N. JCT. SR1342, Perquimans, NC

Built 1969 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 13,500

SR1223

Fair

Over: CANAL

2.5 MI N JCT SR1222, Perquimans, NC

Built 2002 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 510

SR1208

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.5 MI.E.JCT.SR1001, Perquimans, NC

Built 1951 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

SR1336

Fair

Over: RACCOON CREEK

0.04 MI. N. JCT. US17, Perquimans, NC

Built 1958 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 6,000

US17S

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER

1.1 MI.N. OF JCT.SR1367, Perquimans, NC

Built 1969 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 8,250

US17N

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER

1.1 MI.N. JCT.SR1367, Perquimans, NC

Built 1969 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 19,500

SR1110

Fair

Over: GOODWIN CREEK

1.4 MI. E. JCT. SR1104, Perquimans, NC

Built 2008 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 1,400

US17S NC37S

Fair

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

1.8 MI N JCT US17&32BUS, Perquimans, NC

Built 1965 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 8,750

SR1214

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.2 MI. E. JCT. SR1219, Perquimans, NC

Built 1986 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 350

SR1111

Fair

Over: GOODWIN CREEK

0.2 MI. S. JCT. SR1117, Perquimans, NC

Built 1980 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 600

SR1300

Fair

Over: SUTTON CREEK

0.6 MI.E. OF JCT. SR1302, Perquimans, NC

Built 2001 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 1,300

SR1224

Fair

Over: SWAMP

2.2 MI W JCT US17, Perquimans, NC

Built 1989 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 440

SR1001

Fair

Over: CANAL

0.4 MI. N. OF JCT SR1208, Perquimans, NC

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 750

SR1202

Fair

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

0.2 MI. S. OF JCT. SR1205, Perquimans, NC

Built 1970 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 320

US17 N NC37

Good

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

1.8 MI.N.JCT.US17&32BUS., Perquimans, NC

Built 1994 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 8,750

SR1114

Good

Over: GOODWIN CREEK

1.9 MI. N. JCT. SR1115, Perquimans, NC

Built 1996 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 220

SR1204

Good

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

0.1 MI S JCT SR1205, Perquimans, NC

Built 2012 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 550

SR1001

Good

Over: BR. OF PERQUIMANS RIVER

0.1 MI. S. JCT. SR1200, Perquimans, NC

Built 2015 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 950

SR1113

Good

Over: GOODWIN CREEK

0.1 MI. N. JCT SR1114, Perquimans, NC

Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 150

SR1341

Good

Over: BURNT MILL CREEK

0.7 MI. S. JCT. SR1343, Perquimans, NC

Built 2005 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 400

SR1212

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.2 MI. W. JCT. SR1001, Perquimans, NC

Built 2001 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 100

SR1200

Good

Over: BR. OF PERQ.RIVER

0.1 MI. S. JCT. SR1001, Perquimans, NC

Built 2022 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 270

SR1367

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER

0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1330, Perquimans, NC

Built 2009 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 3,700

SR1321

Good

Over: MUDDY CREEK

0.4 MI. W. JCT. SR1359, Perquimans, NC

Built 2014 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 550

SR1341

Good

Over: BETHEL CREEK

0.4 MI. E. JCT. SR1342, Perquimans, NC

Built 2014 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 550

SR1221

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1 MI W. JCT SR1222, Perquimans, NC

Built 2016 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 560

SR1001

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.4 MI. N. JCT. SR1212, Perquimans, NC

Built 2016 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 850

SR1220

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.5 MI N JCT SR1214, Perquimans, NC

Built 2006 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 2,800

NC37

Good

Over: BURNT MILL CREEK

0.1 MI. S. JCT. US17, Perquimans, NC

Built 2011 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 2,900

SR1222

Good

Over: SWAMP OFF MILL CREEK

0.6 MI. S. JCT. SR1223, Perquimans, NC

Built 2007 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 100

SR1202

Good

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

0.4 MI N JCT 1207, Perquimans, NC

Built 2016 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 320

SR1304

Good

Over: SUTTON CREEK

0.5 MI E JCT US17, Perquimans, NC

Built 2008 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 190

US17BUS

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1M. N. JCT. NC37, Perquimans, NC

Built 2019 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 2,900

SR1329

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK

0.1 MI.S.JCT.SR1333, Perquimans, NC

Built 2021 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 1,500

US17BUS

Good

Over: PERQUIMANS RIVER

0.2 MI N JCT SR1110, Perquimans, NC

Built 2022 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 3,600

SR1338

Good

Over: RACCOON CREEK

0.02 MI. E. JCT. US17BUS, Perquimans, NC

Built 2021 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 1,700

SR1301

Poor

Over: BR. OF PERQUIMANS RI.

.02 MI. S. JCT. SR1300, Perquimans, NC

Built 1962 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 440

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