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SR1737 over S.flat River

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

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

SR1737 over S.flat River in Person 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 61 of the 106 inventoried bridges in Person County rated fair (57.5%); 3 (2.8%) 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 209 ft
Location	3.1 Mi. S. Jct SR1715
NBI structure number	000000001450130
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US501 NC57 over North Fork Flat River	1985	16,000	Fair
US501S NC57 over South Flat River	1985	15,000	Fair
US501 Nbl over South Flat River	1983	15,000	Fair
US501N.BYP over Creek	2017	10,000	Good
US501 over Marlowe Creek	2017	10,000	Good
US501 over Marlowes Creek	1926	7,700	Fair