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US70 over North River

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

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

US70 over North River in Carteret County, North Carolina, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2019, making it 6 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 56 inventoried bridges in Carteret County rated good (46.4%); 2 (3.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,350 ft
Location	5.5 MI.E.JCT.NC101
NBI structure number	000000000310033
Condition class	Good

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
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