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US 17 SB over North Santee River

Georgetown County, South Carolina · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 17 SB over North Santee River in Georgetown County, South 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 1951, making it 74 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 114 inventoried bridges in Georgetown County rated poor (6.1%); 7 (6.1%) 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 girder and floorbeam
Length	about 2,164 ft
Location	16MI SW Georgetown
NBI structure number	000000000001823
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 17 over Waccamaw River	1966	25,600	Poor
US 17 over Great Pee Dee River	1967	25,600	Fair
US 17 Alt over Whites Creek	1920	19,200	Fair
US 17 Sbl over Sampit River_& S-103	1984	12,600	Fair
US 17 NB over Sampit River_& S-103	1988	12,600	Good
US 17 Alt over Spring Gulley	1920	12,000	Good