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SR1217 over Pott Creek

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

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

SR1217 over Pott Creek in Lincoln 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 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 190 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 169 inventoried bridges in Lincoln County rated poor (5.9%); 10 (5.9%) 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	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 90 ft
Location	0.2 Mi. E. Jct. SR1956
NBI structure number	000000001090133
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US321 over Larkard Creek	1993	32,500	Fair
US321 over Hog Branch	1993	32,500	Fair
NC73 over Forney Creek	1968	29,500	Fair
NC73 over P&n Railroad	2005	29,500	Good
Nc 73 over Nc 16	2005	29,500	Fair
NC27 & NC150 over US321	1993	28,500	Fair