Top Ranked North Carolina Bridges

Core Creek Bridge (Carteret County, North Carolina)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Lost Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on NC 101
Lost
Built 1935
Catawba River Bridge (Catawba County, North Carolina)
Rated 92% with 3 votes
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Catawba River on SR 1006
Bridge demolished 1986, no replacement built
Lost 5 span Pennsvylania Through Truss Bridge
Seven Island Bridge (Stokes County, North Carolina)
Rated 91% with 3 votes
Pratt through truss bridge
In storage. Resting on ground fully assembled.
Built 1905 in the Pine Hall area, moved to Danbury in 1926, closed to traffic in 1998, removed and placed in storage in 2005 with plans for it to be relocated and rehabilitated in Danbury's Moratock Park as a pedestrian bridge across the Dan River.
West Fork Pigeon River Bridge (Haywood County, North Carolina)
Rated 90% with 3 votes
Pratt through truss bridge over West Fork Pigeon River on NC 1112
Open to traffic
Built 1891
Albemarle Sound Trestle (Chowan County, North Carolina)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Albemarle Sound on Norfolk Southern Railway
Removed
Built 1910 for the Suffolk and Carolina Railway, demolished ca. 1987
Former US321 Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Rated 81% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over South Fork Catawba River on Closed (Was Us321)
Closed to all traffic
Built 1931, Replaced & abandoned 1983
Vance Tunnel (Mitchell County, North Carolina)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Tunnel under Vance Ridge on Clinchfield Railroad (now CSX)

Vance Tunnel is the 37th tunnel on the historic Clinchfield Railroad, linking the Ohio River Valley to the Atlantic coast flatlands
Wayehutia Road Bridge (Jackson County, North Carolina)
Rated 80% with 2 votes
Parker through truss bridge over Tuckasegee River on Wayehutia Road (NC-1731)
Open to traffic
Built 1930; possibly rehabilitated 1965
Hilton Railroad Bridge (New Hanover County, North Carolina)
Rated 80% with 3 votes
Warren through truss bridge over Northeast Cape Fear River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1971
Highway 181 Blue Ridge Parkway Arch Bridge (Avery County, North Carolina)
Rated 78% with 2 votes
Skewed concrete deck arch bridge over Blue Ridge Parkway on State Highway 181
Open to traffic
Built 1935
Sellar Mill Road Bridge (Alamance County, North Carolina)
Rated 76% with 6 votes
Abandoned warren pony truss bridge over Haw River (West Channel) on Sellar Mill Road
Abandoned
The Warren pony truss span was relocated here from elsewhere.
Alligator River Bridge (Tyrrell County, North Carolina)
Rated 75% with 2 votes
Swing bridge over Alligator River on US 64
Open to traffic
Built 1960
Caswell Branch Bridge (Craven County, North Carolina)
Rated 73% with 2 votes
Concrete arch bridge over Caswell Branch on Beaman Road (NC 1420) in New Bern
Open to traffic
Built 1909
Bryson City Railroad Bridge (Swain County, North Carolina)
Rated 73% with 2 votes
Warren through truss bridge over Tuckasegee River on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
Open to traffic
CSX Catawba River Bridge (Gaston County, North Carolina)
Rated 72% with 2 votes
Truss bridge over Catawba River on former SAL Railway
Open to traffic
Built 1916
McCoy Bridge (Macon County, North Carolina)
Rated 71% with 3 votes
Through truss bridge over Little Tennessee River on NC 1456
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1915, truss span possibly relocated here in the 1940s and rehabilitated in 1960.