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NC58 over Intracostal Wtrwy.

Carteret County, North Carolina · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

NC58 over Intracostal Wtrwy. in Carteret County, North Carolina, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 18,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 56 inventoried bridges in Carteret County rated poor (3.6%); 2 (3.6%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 4,612 ft
Location	1.2 Mi S. of Jct NC24
NBI structure number	000000000310006
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the North Carolina department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
NC24 over Broad Creek	1993	23,500	Good
NC24 over Gales Creek	1993	19,500	Good
US70 over Newport River	1964	18,000	Fair
SR1182 over Bogue Sound & Icw	1987	15,000	Fair
US70E over Newport River	1965	13,000	Fair
US70 Wbl over Newport River	1965	13,000	Fair