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NC12 over Oregon Inlet

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

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

NC12 over Oregon Inlet in Dare 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 superstructure, 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 5,900 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 40 inventoried bridges in Dare County rated good (45.0%); 4 (10.0%) 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 segmental box girder
Length	about 14,799 ft
Location	10 Mi. S. Jct. US158
NBI structure number	000000000550072
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US158 over Jean Guite Creek	1966	22,500	Fair
US64 over Roanoke Sound	1990	21,000	Fair
US64 over Pond Island	1994	20,500	Fair
SR1217 over CR Off Kitty Hawk Bay	1994	13,000	Fair
SR1217 over Colington Creek	1994	13,000	Fair
NC12 over Creek	2014	7,700	Good