Home › North Carolina › Northampton County

Bridge conditions in Northampton County, North Carolina

84 inventoried bridges · 2 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

2 of the 84 bridges the federal inventory lists in Northampton County are rated poor; the rest split 34 good and 48 fair.

2 of the 84 bridges in Northampton County, North Carolina, are rated in poor condition (2.4%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
34 bridges (40.5%) are rated good and 48 (57.1%) fair.
The median Northampton County bridge was built in 1988.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is SR1344 over Corduroy Swamp (built 1953), carrying about 500 vehicles a day.

Good 40.5% · Fair 57.1% · Poor 2.4% of 84 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR1344 over Corduroy Swamp	1953	500	Poor
SR1356 over Br. of Kirbys Creek	1979	160	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I95N over Roanoke River	1999	22,500	Fair
I95 Sbl over Roanoke River	1999	22,500	Fair
NC48 over Roanoke River Overflow	1988	12,000	Fair
US158 US301 over Roanoke River Over.	1978	9,300	Fair
NC46 NC186 over Arthurs Creek	1990	6,600	Fair
NC46 over I95	1960	6,600	Fair
NC46 over Lees Creek	1955	5,700	Fair
US158 over Trouble Field Creek	2024	5,500	Good
US158 over Occoneechee Creek	1922	3,900	Fair
US158 over Gumberry Swamp	2003	3,650	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

All of North Carolina: North Carolina bridge conditions by county · every download on the data page.

Background: how bridge ratings work · what "poor" and "structurally deficient" actually mean · how often bridges are inspected.