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Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge

Dare County, North Carolina

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

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Street View 

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
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

Categories 

Beam (17,355)
Built 2002 (74)
Built during 2000s (741)
Dare County, North Carolina (11)
Have street view (30,384)
Modern (2,507)
 North Carolina (1,072)
Open (41,411)
Over a mile long (323)
Owned by state (16,768)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,121)
Total length over 2500 feet (974)

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
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Comments 

Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
Posted April 30, 2020, by Casey (casey [at] kwikbondpolymers [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.