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US17 US74/76 NC133 over Brunswick River

Brunswick County, North Carolina · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

US17 US74/76 NC133 over Brunswick River in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2016, making it 9 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 69,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 69 of the 168 inventoried bridges in Brunswick County rated good (41.1%); 15 (8.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 799 ft
Location	0.4 Mi. N. Jct. NC133
NBI structure number	000000000190103
Condition class	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the North Carolina department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US17 74 76S NC133 over Alligator Creek	1968	69,000	Fair
US17 US74 US76 over NC133 SR1472	1975	67,500	Fair
US17/US74/76 over SR1472	1975	67,500	Fair
US17 over US74 & US76	1973	51,000	Fair
US17 74 76N over Alligator Creek	2016	36,250	Good
US17 over Bell Swamp	1980	35,000	Fair