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NC53 over Long Creek

Pender County, North Carolina · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

NC53 over Long Creek in Pender County, North Carolina, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 61 of the 112 inventoried bridges in Pender County rated fair (54.5%); 4 (3.6%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 104 ft
Location	0.6 Mi W. of Jct SR1340
NBI structure number	000000001410029
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over Burgaw Creek	1983	23,500	Fair
NC50 NC210 over Intracoastal Waterway	2018	20,500	Good
NC210 over I40	1982	16,000	Good
NC133 over Turkey Creek	1920	11,500	Fair
I40W over Rockfish Creek	1987	10,750	Good
I40E over Rockfish Creek	1987	10,750	Fair