Total bridges
106
Public highway bridges in Person County
County profile · official public datasets
Person County, NC
106 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.7% rated Good, 60.4% Fair, 1.9% Poor.
- 106
- Public bridges
- 37.7%
- Good condition
- 1.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Person County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 17%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 106
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Person County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Person County ranks #17 of 100 North Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.9%). Person County, North Carolina contains 106 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.7% are rated “Good,” 60.4% “Fair,” and 1.9% “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.
Good condition
37.7%
40 of 106 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.4%
64 of 106 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.9%
2 of 106 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#17 of 100
Among North Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 106 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 37.7% (40)
Fair 60.4% (64)
Poor 1.9% (2)
Person County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,520 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,260 crossings a day against 1,582 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 106 of 106 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
30.2% of Person County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
32 of the 106 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 37.7% 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 83.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR1715 over FLAT RIVER CRK, built 1951, carries 2,100 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,520 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Person County's bridges were built
106 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 9
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s 10
1960–1969
10 bridges
- 1970s 10
1970–1979
10 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
26 bridges
- 2000s 6
2000–2009
6 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1986) matches the North Carolina average (1986).
How Person County compares with North Carolina's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 North Carolina counties nearest Person County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.9% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 99 North Carolina counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pender County | 112 | 33.9% | 63.4% | 2.7% | 1983 |
| Avery County | 108 | 25.9% | 64.8% | 9.3% | 1983 |
| Alexander County | 107 | 52.3% | 43% | 4.7% | 1990 |
| Person County (this page) | 106 | 37.7% | 60.4% | 1.9% | 1986 |
| Scotland County | 101 | 44.6% | 54.5% | 1% | 1983 |
| Lee County | 98 | 57.1% | 42.9% | 0% | 1989 |
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 Person 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 Person County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NC (106 bridges here).
- Ashley County, AR · 106 bridges
- Baca County, CO · 106 bridges
- Warren County, KY · 106 bridges
- Lincoln County, MN · 106 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NC (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (106)
SR1730
FairOver: BRANCH OF CUB CREEK
0.8 MI.S. OF JCT.SR1727, Person, NC
Built 1990 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 420
SR1121
FairOver: LICK CREEK
0.2 MI.W.SR1122, Person, NC
Built 1991 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 130
SR1162
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.1 MI.W.SR1171, Person, NC
Built 1995 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 490
SR1319
FairOver: BRANDON CREEK
1.4 MI W JCT SR1320, Person, NC
Built 1978 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 200
SR1542
FairOver: CAROLINES CREEK
0.5 MI. N. JCT. SR1717, Person, NC
Built 1997 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,400
SR1536
FairOver: BRANCH
0.6 MI W JCT SR1515, Person, NC
Built 1990 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 700
SR1124
FairOver: CR. OFF FLAT RIVER
1.0 MI. W. JCT. SR1125, Person, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 100
SR1120
FairOver: ALDRIDGE CREEK
0.7MI E. JCT SR1135, Person, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 200
SR1534
FairOver: MARLOWE CREEK
0.5 MI. E. JCT. SR1601, Person, NC
Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 400
SR1142
FairOver: NORTH FLAT RIVER
0.5 MI. E. JCT. NC157, Person, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 900
SR1430
FairOver: MITCHELL CREEK
0.4 MI.N.JCT.US501, Person, NC
Built 1986 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 600
SR1175 FROGSBORO
FairOver: S. HYCO CREEK
0.3 MI.W. OF SR1102, Person, NC
Built 1990 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 100
SR1501
FairOver: MAYO CREEK
1.5 MI.E. US501, Person, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 710
SR1326
FairOver: MITCHELL CREEK
0.5 MI. N. OF US501, Person, NC
Built 1994 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,300
SR1322
GoodOver: STORYS CREEK
0.8 MI. N. JCT. SR1333, Person, NC
Built 2011 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,100
SR1330
GoodOver: CASTLE CREEK
1.2 MI. W. JCT. US501, Person, NC
Built 2004 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 380
SR1520
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
0.6 MI. N. OF JCT. NC49, Person, NC
Built 1995 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 600
SR1166
GoodOver: DOUBLE CREEK
1.5 MI. S. JCT. US158, Person, NC
Built 2010 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 350
US501
GoodOver: MARLOWE CREEK
0.1 MI. N. JCT. SR1601, Person, NC
Built 2017 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10,000
SR1322
GoodOver: GHENT CREEK
0.6 MI. S. JCT. SR1336, Person, NC
Built 2011 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 1,100
SR1112
GoodOver: SOUTH FLAT RIVER
1.5 MI. S. JCT. NC49, Person, NC
Built 2010 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 550
SR1519
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
0.5 MI. E. JCT. SR1518, Person, NC
Built 2014 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 1,100
SR1300
GoodOver: SOUTH HYCO CREEK
1.4 MI. WEST OF NC57, Person, NC
Built 2018 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 500
SR1734
GoodOver: DEEP CREEK
0.1 MI.E.JCT.SR1735, Person, NC
Built 1999 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100
SR1565
GoodOver: CREEK OF TAR RIVER
1.4MI.W.JCT.SR1536, Person, NC
Built 2011 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 110
SR1547
GoodOver: MAYO CREEK
100 FT W. OF JCT SR1551, Person, NC
Built 2016 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 450
SR1123
GoodOver: SOUTH FLAT RIVER
0.4 MI S. JCT SR1134, Person, NC
Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,100
SR1304
GoodOver: S.HYCO CREEK
0.1 MI.W.JCT.SR 1304, Person, NC
Built 2019 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 350
SR1100
GoodOver: BRANCH OF BUSHY FORK
0.2 MILES W. JCT SR1504, Person, NC
Built 2014 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 220
SR1723
GoodOver: DEEP CREEK
0.2 MI. N. JCT. SR1747, Person, NC
Built 1998 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 300
SR1717 MT. TIRZAH
GoodOver: DEEP CREEK
1.0MI.N. OF US158, Person, NC
Built 1999 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 1,700
SR1107
GoodOver: BUSHY FORK CREEK
1.0 MI.E.SR1111, Person, NC
Built 2002 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 550
SR1509
GoodOver: BLUEWING CREEK
0.7MI N. OF JCT NC49, Person, NC
Built 2003 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 290
SR1100
GoodOver: BUSHY FORK CREEK
1.4MI.W. OF JCT.SR1101, Person, NC
Built 2006 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 210
SR1703
GoodOver: CREEK
1.4 MI E JCT SR1700, Person, NC
Built 2023 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 1,000
SR-1531
GoodOver: MARLOWE CREEK
0.1 MI E JCT US501, Person, NC
Built 1993 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 1,300
SR1144
GoodOver: N.FLAT RIVER
1.3 MI.N.JCT.NC157, Person, NC
Built 2019 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 1,000
SR1102
GoodOver: SOUTH HYCO CREEK
1.62 MI.N. OF SR1162, Person, NC
Built 2016 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 510
SR1343
GoodOver: RICHLAND CREEK
1.2 MI. W. JCT. SR1310, Person, NC
Built 2019 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 430
SR1728
GoodOver: CUB CREEK
1.7 MI.N. SR 1759, Person, NC
Built 2012 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 100
SR1536
GoodOver: MAYO CREEK
0.6 MI. E. OF JCT. SR1520, Person, NC
Built 1992 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 2,800
SR1322
GoodOver: MARLOWE CREEK
1.3 MI W. JCT. SR1326, Person, NC
Built 2005 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,100
SR1536
GoodOver: TAR RIVER
0.8 MI. E. OF JCT.SR1574, Person, NC
Built 2012 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 1,300
SR1134
GoodOver: ALDRIDGE CREEK
0.4MI.W.JCT.SR1129, Person, NC
Built 2014 Load: 60.7 t ADT: 650
US158
GoodOver: SOUTH HYCO CREEK
0.5 MI. W. JCT. SR1166, Person, NC
Built 2019 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 2,100
NC157 (GUESS RD)
GoodOver: BYRDS CREEK
0.2 MI. S. JCT. SR1115, Person, NC
Built 2016 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 1,700
SR1605
GoodOver: NORFOLK & WESTERN RWY
1.7 MI W JCT US501, Person, NC
Built 2005 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 1,900
NC49
GoodOver: SOUTH HYCO CREEK
0.7 MI.S. JCT.SR1173, Person, NC
Built 1938 Load: 75.2 t ADT: 2,700
SR1142
GoodOver: N.FLAT RIVER
0.5 MI. W. JCT. SR1149, Person, NC
Built 2014 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 750
SR1536
GoodOver: MARLOWE CREEK
0.4 MI. E. JCT. SR1601, Person, NC
Built 1996 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,600
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