North Carolina Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed North Carolina bridges: 300
  • Bridges with photos: 130 (43.3%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 112 (37.3%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 295 (98.3%)

  • Total photos: 1,209

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 263 (87.7% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 111 (42.2% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 107 (40.7% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 260 (98.9% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 33 (11.0% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 16 (48.5% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 31 (93.9% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Haw River Railroad Bridge (Alamance County, built 1855, replaced by new bridge)
  2. Bostian Bridge (Iredell County, built 1857, open to traffic)
  3. West Fork Pigeon River Bridge (Haywood County, built 1891, open to traffic)
  4. Bunker Hill Covered Bridge (Catawba County, built 1895, open to pedestrians)
  5. Jacob Fork Bridge (Catawba County, built 1900, replaced by new bridge)
  6. Ela Railroad Bridge (Swain County, built 1900, open to traffic)
  7. Hot Springs Crossing (Madison County, built 1903, open to traffic)
  8. Seven Island Bridge (Stokes County, built 1905, in storage)
  9. Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge (Davidson County, built 1906, open to traffic)
  10. Hamby Creek Bridge (Davidson County, built 1906, open to traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 54 (18.0%)
    • Deck arch: 54 (18.0%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 6 (2.0%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 4 (1.3%)
      • Stone arch: 2 (0.7%)

  • Beam: 81 (27.0%)
    • Stringer: 44 (14.7%)
      • Steel stringer: 20 (6.7%)
      • Timber stringer: 23 (7.7%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 35 (11.7%)

  • Ferry: 1 (0.3%)

  • Floating: 1 (0.3%)
    • Pontoon: 1 (0.3%)

  • Rigid frame: 4 (1.3%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 4 (1.3%)

  • Girder: 24 (8.0%)
    • Deck girder: 14 (4.7%)
      • Concrete deck girder: 1 (0.3%)
      • Deck plate girder: 13 (4.3%)
    • Pony/through girder: 7 (2.3%)
      • Concrete pony/through girder: 4 (1.3%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 3 (1.0%)

  • Other: 7 (2.3%)

  • Slab: 5 (1.7%)

  • Suspension: 4 (1.3%)
    • Wire suspension: 2 (0.7%)

  • Truss: 106 (35.3%)
    • Deck truss: 11 (3.7%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 3 (1.0%)
      • Warren deck truss: 4 (1.3%)
    • Pony truss: 32 (10.7%)
      • Bailey pony truss: 1 (0.3%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 11 (3.7%)
      • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.3%)
      • Warren pony truss: 9 (3.0%)
    • Through truss: 53 (17.7%)
      • Camelback through truss: 5 (1.7%)
      • Parker through truss: 5 (1.7%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 4 (1.3%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 9 (3.0%)
        • Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals: 1 (0.3%)
      • Pratt through truss: 14 (4.7%)
      • Queenpost through truss: 1 (0.3%)
      • Warren through truss: 9 (3.0%)
        • Warren through truss with sub-panels: 1 (0.3%)

    • Tunnel: 13 (4.3%)