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'S' Bridge (Perquimans County, North Carolina)
Built 1929
Swing bridge over Perquimans River on Business US 17 in Hertford
Open to traffic

Abbotts Creek Bridge (Davidson County, North Carolina)
Built 1927 by the Virginia Bridge Co.; replaced 1985
Lost Parker truss bridge over Abbotts Creek (High Rock Lake) on NC-2294
Lost circa 1985

Ahoskie Creek Bridge (Hertford County, North Carolina)
Built 1934
Wooden bridge over Ahoskie Creek on US 13
Open to traffic

Ahoskie Creek Overflow Bridge (Hertford County, North Carolina)
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1956
Wooden bridge over Ahoskie Creek Overflow on US 13/NC 42
Open to traffic

Albemarle Sound Bridge (Washington County, North Carolina)
Built 1990
Beam bridge over Albemarle Sound on NC 32/NC 94
Open to traffic

Albemarle Sound Trestle (Chowan County, North Carolina)
Built 1910 for the Suffolk and Carolina Railway, demolished ca. 1987
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Albemarle Sound on Norfolk Southern Railway
Removed

Alligator River Bridge (Tyrrell County, North Carolina)
Built 1960
Swing bridge over Alligator River on US 64
Open to traffic

Ann Street Bridge (Cumberland County, North Carolina)
Built 1950
Tee beam bridge over Big Cross Creek on Ann Street in Fayetteville
Open to traffic

Atlantic Coast Line RR Cape Fear River Bridge (Cumberland County, North Carolina)
former Atlantic Coast Line RR bridge
Through truss bridge over Cape Fear River on Fayetteville Public Works Commission utilities in Fayetteville
Closed to all traffic

Balls creek bridge (Catawba County, North Carolina)
Steel stringer bridge over Balls Creek
Open to pedestrians only

Barkers Creek Road Bridge (Jackson County, North Carolina)
Built 1920 by the Owego Bridge Co.
Camelback through truss bridge over Tuckasegee River on Formerly SR-1392
Closed to all traffic; Bypassed by new bridge

Beaucatcher Tunnel (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Built 1927
Tunnel under Us70 on Beaucatcher Tunnel
Open to traffic

Beaufort Channel Bridge (Carteret County, North Carolina)
Built 1957
Bascule bridge over Beaufort Channel on US 70 in Beaufort
Open to traffic

Beaumont Street Bridge (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Stone arch bridge over Beaumont Street in Asheville
Open to pedestrians only

Beaverdam Creek Bridge (Davidson County, North Carolina)
Built 1920; replaced 2009
Pony truss bridge over Beaverdam Creek on NC 2550
Replaced by a new bridge

Berry Hill Bridge (Rockingham County, North Carolina)
Built 1914 by the Virginia Bridge Co.; replaced circa 1991
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Dan River on Formerly NC-1761 & VA-880
Replaced by new bridge

Big Cove Road Access Bridge (Swain County, North Carolina)
Built 1921
Concrete arch bridge over Raven Fork on Big Cove Road Access
Closed to all traffic

Big Creek Bridge (Stokes County, North Carolina)
Built 1925
Pony truss bridge over Big Creek on NC 1402
Open to traffic

Big Pine Creek Bridge (Alleghany County, North Carolina)
Built 1937
Concrete arch bridge over Big Pine Creek on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Big Rockfish Creek Bridge (Hoke County, North Carolina)
Built 1939
Concrete tee beam bridge over Big Rockfish Creek on US-401 BUS
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Arch Bridge (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Built 1964
Arch bridge over U.S. Route 70 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Alleghany County, North Carolina)
Built 1938
Concrete arch bridge over US 21 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Alleghany County, North Carolina)
Built 1938
Concrete arch bridge over Blue Ridge Parkway on US 21
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Ashe County, North Carolina)
Built 1939
Concrete arch bridge over NC 18 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Avery County, North Carolina)
Built 1959
Concrete arch bridge over Blue Ridge Parkway on NC 181
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Built 1949
Concrete arch bridge over Riceville Road on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Watauga County, North Carolina)
Built 1957
Concrete arch bridge over Shulls Mill Road on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Yancey County, North Carolina)
Built 1942
Concrete arch bridge over NC 80 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge (Haywood County, North Carolina)
Built 1960
Concrete rigid frame bridge over N.C. Hwy. 215 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway over NC 16 Bridge (Ashe County, North Carolina)
Built 1938
Concrete rigid frame bridge over NC 16 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Blue Ridge Parkway over NC 226 Bridge (Mitchell County, North Carolina)
Built 1939
Concrete rigid frame bridge over NC 226 on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Bostian Bridge (Iredell County, North Carolina)
On Aug. 27, 1891 passenger train Number 9 going from Salisbury to Asheville derailed and fell 60 feet off of Bostian Bridge. The wreck killed 30 people and injured many more.
Stone arch bridge over Third Creek on Norfolk Southern RR, 2 miles w. of Statesville, NC along Buffalo Shoals Rd.
Open to traffic

Bradley Fork Bridge (Swain County, North Carolina)
Built 1921
Concrete arch bridge over Bradley Fork on Maintenance Road
Open to traffic

Brasstown Creek Bridge (Clay County, North Carolina)
This is believed to be another bridge moved in the same county.
Through truss bridge over Brasstown Creek on Private driveway
Open to traffic

Brights Mill Creek Bridge (Perquimans County, North Carolina)
Built 1940
Steel stringer bridge over Brights Mill Creek on US-17 BUS
Open to traffic

Broad River Bridge (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Built 1959
Through truss bridge over Broad River on NC 2797
Open to traffic

Broad River Bridge (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Built 1925
Concrete arch bridge over Broad River on US 64 in Lake Lure
Open to traffic

Broad River Bridge (Polk County, North Carolina)
Built 1917; replaced 2009
Lost through truss bridge over Broad River on NC 1155
Replaced by a new bridge

Broad River Bridge (Henderson County, North Carolina)
Built 1957
Steel stringer bridge over Broad River on US 64-74
Open to traffic

Browns Creek Bridge (Yancey County, North Carolina)
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1968
Concrete arch bridge over Browns Creek on NC 80
Open to traffic

Bryson City Railroad Bridge (Swain County, North Carolina)
Warren through truss bridge over Tuckasegee River on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Open to traffic

Buck Creek Bridge (McDowell County, North Carolina)
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1942
Concrete arch bridge over Buck Creek on US 70
Open to traffic

Bugaboo Creek Bridge (Wilkes County, North Carolina)
Built 1937
Concrete arch bridge over Bugaboo Creek on NC 268
Open to traffic

Bull Creek Bridge (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Built 1915 by the Camden Iron Co.; replaced 1986
Lost pony truss bridge over Bull Creek on NC 2408
Replaced by new bridge

Bunches Bald Tunnel (Jackson County, North Carolina)
Tunnel on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Bunker Hill Covered Bridge (Catawba County, North Carolina)
Built 1895; rehabilitated 1994
Covered bridge over Lyle Creek on Old US 70 at Conner Park
Open to pedestrians only

Bynum Bridge (Chatham County, North Carolina)
Built 1922.
Concrete tee beam bridge over Haw River in Bynum
Open to pedestrians

Camp Creek Bridge (Burke County, North Carolina)
Built 1939
Concrete arch bridge over Camp Creek on Blue Ridge Parkway
Open to traffic

Camp Creek Bridge (Burke County, North Carolina)
Built 1923
Concrete pony/through girder bridge over Camp Creek on Sr1924
Open to traffic

Cane Creek Bridge (Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Built 1925
Concrete arch bridge over Cane Creek on US 64 in Lake Lure
Open to traffic

Cape Fear Memorial Bridge (New Hanover County, North Carolina)
Built 1969
Vertical lift bridge over Cape Fear River on US 76/421 in Wilmington
Open to traffic

Cape Fear River Bridge (Bladen County, North Carolina)
Built 1952
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Cape Fear River on NC 11
Open to traffic

Cape Fear River Bridge (Bladen County, North Carolina)
Built 1955
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Cape Fear River on NC 1316
Open to traffic

Cape Fear River Bridge (Cumberland County, North Carolina)
Through truss bridge over Cape Fear River on railroad in Fayetteville
Open to traffic

Cape Fear River Bridge (New Hanover County, North Carolina)
Built 1984
Steel stringer bridge over Cape Fear River on Us421,Nc13, US17B
Open to traffic

Cape Fear River Bridge (Harnett County, North Carolina)
Built 1958
Steel stringer bridge over Cape Fear River on US-401/US-421/NC-210/NC-27 SB
Open to traffic

Cape Fear River Railroad Bridge (Harnett County, North Carolina)
Through truss bridge over Cape Fear River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Cashie River Bridge (Bertie County, North Carolina)
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1949
Concrete tee beam bridge over Cashie River on US-13
Open to traffic

Caswell Branch Bridge (Craven County, North Carolina)
Built 1909
Concrete arch bridge over Caswell Branch on Beaman Road (NC 1420) in New Bern
Open to traffic

Catawba River Bridge (Catawba County, North Carolina)
Lost 5 span Pennsvylania Through Truss Bridge
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Catawba River on SR 1006
Bridge demolished 1986, no replacement built

Catawba River Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1933
Steel stringer bridge over Catawba River on U.S. Highways 29 & 74 (Wilkinson Boulevard)
Open to traffic

Chattooga River Bridge (Macon County, North Carolina)
Built 1934
Pony truss bridge over Chattooga River on FDR 1178 (Bull Pen Road)
Open to traffic

Cheoah River Footbridge (Graham County, North Carolina)
Wire suspension bridge over Cheoah River on footpath
Open to pedestrians

Chowan River Bridge (Bertie County, North Carolina)
Built 1953
Lost swing truss bridge over Chowan River on US-17
Replaced by a new bridge

Clinchfield Railroad Bridge (McDowell County, North Carolina)
Built 1907
Concrete arch bridge over NC 1802 on Clinchfield Railroad
Open to traffic

CNWS Railroad Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1938
Wooden bridge over NC 2416 on C&NW Railroad
Open to traffic

Conoho Creek Bridge (Martin County, North Carolina)
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1965
Concrete tee beam bridge over Conoho Creek on NC-125
Open to traffic

Cool Spring Street Bridge (Cumberland County, North Carolina)
Built 1950
Tee Beam bridge over Big Cross Creek on Cool Spring Street in Fayetteville
Open to traffic

Core Creek Bridge (Carteret County, North Carolina)
Built 1935
Lost Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on NC 101
Lost

Core Creek Bridge (Craven County, North Carolina)
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1966
Concrete tee beam bridge over Core Creek on NC-55
Open to traffic

Country Line Creek Bridge (Caswell County, North Carolina)
Built 1923
Concrete tee beam bridge over Country Line Creek on NC-1156
Open to traffic

Crabtree Creek Bridge (Wake County, North Carolina)
Abandoned warren pony truss bridge over Crabtree Creek on Leroy Martin House Driveway
Abandoned

CSX Catawba River Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1916
Truss bridge over Catawba River on former SAL Railway
Open to traffic

CSX Haw River Bridge (Chatham County, North Carolina)
Deck plate girder bridge over Haw River on Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX MP 200 Bridge (Cumberland County, North Carolina)
Deck truss bridge on CSX main track (formerly dual track, now single track at this location). Prior to removal of the second track, there was an additional bridge at this location, it has since been removed.
Deck truss bridge over unnamed drainage canal (former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad)
Open to traffic

CSX Railroad bridge (Wake County, North Carolina)
Built 1930
Steel stringer bridge over N.C. 98 / East Roosevelt Ave. on CSX Railroad
Open

Dan River Bridge (Rockingham County, North Carolina)
Built 1922; Replaced 2005
Concrete arch bridge over Dan River on NC 2282
Replaced by new bridge

Davidson River Bridge (Transylvania County, North Carolina)
Built 1935
Pony truss bridge over Davidson River on FDR 474
Open to Pedestrians Only

Davidson River Bridge (Transylvania County, North Carolina)
Built 1921
Concrete tee beam bridge over Davidson River on NC 1504 (Old US 64)
Open to traffic

Davidson River Bridge (Transylvania County, North Carolina)
Built 1934
Concrete tee beam bridge over Davidson River on US 64/276
Open to traffic

Deep River Bridge (Chatham County, North Carolina)
Built 1910
Camelback through truss bridge over Deep River on NC 2153
Open to pedestrians only

Deep River Bridge (Randolph County, North Carolina)
Built 1929
Lost deck truss bridge over Deep River on NC 2261
Lost

Deep River Bridge (Guilford County, North Carolina)
Built 1928
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Deep River on NC-1334
Replaced by new bridge

Deep River Railroad Bridge (Chatham County, North Carolina)
Built 1912
Through truss bridge over Deep River on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Open to rail traffic, on Norfolk Southern line from Sanford to Greensboro, NC

Dicks Mill Road Bridge (Guilford County, North Carolina)
Built 1910
Full-slope Pratt pony truss bridge over North Buffalo Creek on NC 2784
Replaced. Bridge in storage and successfully marketed to an unknown party.

Dirt Bridge (Perquimans County, North Carolina)
Built 1929; rehabilitated 2009
Girder bridge over Dirt (Creek?) on US-17 BUS
Open to traffic

Donnaha Bridge (Forsyth County, North Carolina)
See below in the "Description" section for a detailed history of the bridge
Pratt through truss bridge over Mill Creek on a private driveway
Open to traffic

Drowning Creek Bridge (Richmond County, North Carolina)
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1943
Lost Concrete tee beam bridge over Drowning Creek on US-1
Replaced by a new bridge

Duck Creek Bridge (Alexander County, North Carolina)
Built 1948
Concrete tee beam bridge over Duck Creek on NC-127
Open to traffic

Duke Power Feeder Canal Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1956
Deck truss bridge over Duke Power Feeder Canal on NC 273 in Belmont
Open to traffic

Dutchman's Creek Bridge (Davie County, North Carolina)
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1951
Concrete tee beam bridge over Dutchman's Creek on US-158
Open to traffic

E. Congress Street Bridge (Lincoln County, North Carolina)
Built 1910
Wooden bridge over CSX Railroad on E. Congress Street in Lincolnton
Open to traffic

E. Oakview Road Bridge (Buncombe County, North Carolina)
Built 1930.
Pony truss bridge over Hominy Creek on E. Oakview Road in Asheville
Open to traffic

East Fork Pigeon River Bridge (Haywood County, North Carolina)
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1977
Pratt pony truss bridge over East Fork of Pigeon River on Hungry Creek Rd (NC 1890)
Open to traffic

Ela Railroad Bridge (Swain County, North Carolina)
Built 1900 by Edge Moor Bridge Works
Warren through truss bridge over Tuckasegee River on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Open to traffic

Figure Eight Swing Bridge (New Hanover County, North Carolina)
Owned by the Figure Eight Island homeowner's association--gated
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway on Bridge Road
Open to traffic

Flat River Bridge (Durham County, North Carolina)
Built ca. 1925. Bypassed by new bridge in 1981 but not demolished.
Warren pony truss bridge over Flat River on NC-1004 (formelly NC-75)
Closed to all traffic

Fontana Lake Railroad Bridge (Swain County, North Carolina)
Warren through truss bridge over Fontana Lake on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Open to traffic

Former US321 Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Built 1931, Replaced & abandoned 1983
Through truss bridge over South Fork Catawba River on Closed (Was Us321)
Closed to all traffic

Front Street Bridge (Beaufort County, North Carolina)
Built 1940
Wooden bridge over a branch of Pungo River on Front Street in Belhaven
Open to traffic