Rating:
55202
{86}%
3 votes
Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
Photos
Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
Panoramio user Phillip1949
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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BH Photo #309310
Description
This is one of two bridges that connects Roanoke Island to the mainland of North Carolina. This is the longest bridge in the state, at a little over 5 miles.
Facts
- Overview
- Stringer bridge over Croatan Sound on US 64 & US 264
- Location
- Dare County, North Carolina
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 2002
- Design
- Stringer, or concrete segmented girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 230.0 ft.
Total length: 27,581.4 ft. (5.2 mi.)
Deck width: 63.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.88833, -75.73333 (decimal degrees)
35°53'18" N, 75°43'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/433812/3971811 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Manteo
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 4,700
- Inventory numbers
- NC 550054 (North Carolina bridge number)
BH 55202 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 97.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 26, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- November 29, 2014: New Street View added by Kelly McClanahan
- November 29, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- January 14, 2013: Added by Andy Peters
Sources
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Kelly McClanahan
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
KBP 204 High Molecular Weight Methacrylate (HMWM) installed in 2017 for less than $1 per SF to permanently repair deck cracks and reduce permeability in the surface overall. Deck condition rating increased from "5" to "7" following HMWM treatment.