Status: Bypassed by new Gallants Channel Bridge; no replacement built at this exact location
Location: 34.722500,-76.669167
Carries US 70 over Beaufort Channel
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder double leaf bascule
Total Length: 672.9 Feet
Span Length: 141.1 Feet
Overview: Lost bascule bridge over Beaufort Channel on US 70 in Beaufort
History: Built 1957; Bypassed 2016; Demolished 2018
Built: 1957
Location: Carteret County
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Elevation
Photo taken by North Carolina Department of Transportation
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Overview of deck
Photo taken by North Carolina Department of Transportation
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CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Photo taken by artnoose in November 2011
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CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Photo taken by artnoose in November 2011
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Drawing
Drawing made by Douglas Butler
Status: Lost
Location: 34.827715,-76.691079
Carries NC 101 over Intracoastal Waterway
Design: truss/through/polygonal
Design Details: Polygonal Warren through truss swing span
Total Length: 272.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Swing bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on NC 101
History: Built 1935
Built: 1935
Location: Carteret County
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.715556,-76.577778
Carries NC 1335 over The Straits
Design: other
Design Details: Swing
Total Length: 1400.0 Feet
Span Length: 130.9 Feet
Overview: Swing bridge over The Straits on NC 1335 in Harkers Island
History: Built 1969
Built: 1969
Location: Carteret County
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The Straits Bridge
Good scene
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
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Harkers Island NC Drawbridge
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.720436,-76.693485
Carries Carolina Rail Service Railroad ( single track) over Newport River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Bascule deck plate girder Overhead Counterweight Articulated Bascule
Total Length: 2416.1 Feet
Span Length: 129.9 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Newport River on Former Beaufort & Morehead Carolina Rail Service Railroad
History: Built in 1925
Built: 1925
Location: Carteret County
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2017
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2017
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Photo taken by ⚓BLVCKMETVLBIKE⚓
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CRIJ Newport River Railroad Bridge
Technical drawing closing
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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CRIJ Newport River Railroad Bridge
Closed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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CRIJ Newport River Railroad Bridge
Open for ship traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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CRIJ Newport River Railroad Bridge
Far view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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CRIJ Newport River Railroad Bridge
Opposite view
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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Newport River Railroad Bridge
Showing detail
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2013
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CRIJ Newport River Railroad Bridge
Showing whole bridge with single track
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2013
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Bridge raising
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2014
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Raised
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in July 2013
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Raised
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Bridge raising after trains passes through
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Raising
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Almost raised
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
About raised
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Trains passing over the railroad drawbridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Raised
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2015
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CRIJ - Newport River Bridge
Shown raised of all waterway traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2015
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Strauss bascule bridge design plan
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in January 2016
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CNLA Newport River Bridge
Raising as the links under the counterweight pulls the counterweight down.
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2016
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About to lower
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2018
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A detail of a link connected below the counterweight to the a A post
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2018
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CNLA - Newprt River Bridge
Lowered for train traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2018
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CNLA - Newport River Bridge
Raised for boat traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2018
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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CNLA - Newport River Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Photo taken by Lorelei IV
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Photo taken by Lorelei IV
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Morehead City Railroad Bridge
Photo taken by Mapio
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Photo taken by Leftintentions You Tube Video
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Photo taken by Google Patents
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Photo taken by fmnut You Tube Video
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Photo taken by fmnut You Tube Video
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Photo taken by fmnut You Tube Video
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Photo taken by fmnut You Tube Video
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Photo taken fmnut You Tube Video
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Detail of operating links under the counterweight connected to the A post
Photo taken by Leftintentions You Tube Video
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Photo taken by Flickr
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CNLA - Newport River Bridge
Photo taken by Jerry Dilsaver
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 34.722041,-76.669475
Carries Beaufort & Morehead Railroad over Gallants Channel
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Gallants Channel on Norfolk Southern RR
History: Built 1917
Built: 1917
Location: Carteret County
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NS - Gallants Channel Bridge
Rolling lift type removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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BMH - Gallants Channel Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014
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BMH - Gallants Channel Bridge
Once used of train traffic
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Beaufort Bridge web
Photo taken by Scott D. Taylor
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
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Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018
Status: No longer exists
Location: 34.891488,-76.400291
Carries NC Route 70 over Cedar Bay
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Cedar Bay on NC Route 70
History: Built 1955
Built: 1955
Location: Carteret County
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Status: No longer exists
Location: 34.716615,-76.735218
Carries Route 1182 over Bogue Sound
Design: beam/stringer
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Warren through truss bridge over Bogue Sound on Route 1182
History: Built 1953 ; replaced 1987
Built: 1953
Location: Carteret County
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Bogue Sound Bridge (Old)
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
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Photo taken by Walt Zaemker
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Tech drawing from Douglas Butler
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2020
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.716103,-76.735488
Carries County Route 1182 over Bogue Sound (Intracoastal Waterway)
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 3918.2 Feet
Span Length: 116.1 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over Bogue Sound (Intracoastal Waterway) on County Route 1182
History: Built 1987
Built: 1987
Location: Carteret County
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Atlantic Beach-Morehead City Bridge
Elevation
Photo taken by Michael Dilauro at Pintrest
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Atlantic Beach-Morehead City Bridge
View beside bridge
Photo taken by KaEllin Brown at Google Maps
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Atlantic Beach-Morehead City Bridge
Driving over the bridge
Screenshot from YouTube
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Atlantic Beach-Morehead City Bridge
Distant elevation
Photo taken from ActiveRain.com
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Atlantic Beach-Morehead City Bridge
Oblique view
Photo taken by Sarah McNeal at Pintrest
Status: No longer exists
Location: 34.720329,-76.694029
Carries Route 70 over Newport River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder bascule
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Newport River on Route 70
History: An abandoned operators house and piers left questionable
Built:
Location: Carteret County
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Arendell Street Drawbridge
Tech drawing from Douglas Butler: Note the old double leaf bascule bridge now gone is next to the railroad bridge.
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2020
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Photo taken by North Carolina Department of Transportation
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Arendell Street Drawbridge
Piers and operator's house left of a double leaf bascule bridge
Photo taken by fmnut You Tube Video
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.720893,-76.693428
Carries North Carolina Route 70 over Newport River
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer High Level Fixed bridge
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over Newport River on North Carolina Route 70
History:
Built:
Location: Carteret County
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Photo taken by Carteret News Times
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 34.721023,-76.688537
Carries US 70 over Gallants Channel
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Steel stringer bascule bridge over Gallants Channel on US 70
History: Built 1927
Built: 1927
Location: Carteret County
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Morehead-Beaufort Bridge
looking west
Photo from old postcard
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
