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SR1237 over Prong of Bear Swamp Cree

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

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

SR1237 over Prong of Bear Swamp Cree in Franklin 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 170 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 118 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated poor (6.8%); 8 (6.8%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 35 ft
Location	0.2 Mi. N. Jct. SR1235
NBI structure number	000000000690039
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US401 NC39 NC56 over Tar River	1982	21,500	Fair
US1 over Cedar Creek	1945	18,000	Fair
US1S. over Tar River	1986	15,500	Fair
US1N over Tar River	1995	13,500	Fair
US401 over Little River	2019	12,000	Good
NC56 NC581 over Fox Creek	1973	11,500	Fair