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Bridge conditions in Pender County, North Carolina

112 inventoried bridges · 4 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 112 bridges in Pender County: 47 rated good, 61 fair, and 4 poor.

4 of the 112 bridges in Pender County, North Carolina, are rated in poor condition (3.6%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
47 bridges (42.0%) are rated good and 61 (54.5%) fair.
The median Pender County bridge was built in 1984.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is NC53 over Angola Creek (built 1947), carrying about 5,200 vehicles a day.

Good 42.0% · Fair 54.5% · Poor 3.6% of 112 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
NC53 over Angola Creek	1947	5,200	Poor
NC210 over Rileys Creek	1956	4,000	Poor
SR1306 over Sills Creek	1962	550	Poor
SR1339 over Keith Branch	1986	30	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

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
NC210 over Br/godfrey Creek	1962	9,800	Fair
NC53 over I40	1983	8,700	Fair
US117 over Ncdot/rr(abandoned)	1952	7,600	Fair
NC53 over Burgaw Creek	1983	7,000	Fair

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

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