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SR1437 over Sturgeon Creek

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

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

SR1437 over Sturgeon Creek in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953 and reconstructed in 1972, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 168 inventoried bridges in Brunswick County rated poor (8.9%); 15 (8.9%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 45 ft
Location	0.5 Mi.w.jct.us74/us76
NBI structure number	000000000190181
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US17 US74/76 NC133 over Brunswick River	2016	69,000	Good
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