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US70 over Newport River

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

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

US70 over Newport River in Carteret County, North Carolina, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 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 28 of the 56 inventoried bridges in Carteret County rated fair (50.0%); 2 (3.6%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 3,248 ft
Location	6.0mi.e.jct.nc24
NBI structure number	000000000310013
Condition class	Fair

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
NC58 over Intracostal Wtrwy.	1971	18,000	Poor
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