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SR1137 over Bowers Creek

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

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

SR1137 over Bowers Creek in Swain 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 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 650 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 131 inventoried bridges in Swain County rated poor (11.5%); 15 (11.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	0.05 MI.W.JCT.SR1143
NBI structure number	000000001730090
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Irr SR1378 over Oconaluftee River	1972	14,000	Fair
US74 SR1193 over Connelly Creek	1976	13,500	Fair
US19 over Oconaluftee River	2010	13,000	Good
US19 74 NC28 over Little Tennessee River	1982	9,900	Fair
SR1323 over Tuckasegee River	1969	9,800	Fair
US441 over Oconaluftee River Gov.rd	1987	8,900	Fair