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US17N over Chesapeake&albemarle RR

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

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

US17N over Chesapeake&albemarle RR in Chowan 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 1999, making it 26 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,550 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 23 of the 39 inventoried bridges in Chowan County rated good (59.0%); 2 (5.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 244 ft
Location	0.65 Mi. S. of US17BUS
NBI structure number	000000000410039
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NC32 over Pollock Swamp	1986	5,700	Good
NC32 over Pembroke Creek	2012	4,900	Good
US17BYP over Pembroke Creek	1976	4,850	Good
US17N over Pembroke CR.	1999	4,850	Fair
US17SBL over NC32	1976	4,750	Fair
US17N over NC32	1999	4,750	Good