2002 Excellence in Highway Design Awards

Category 3A: Major Highway Structures Over $10 Million

Honorable Mention

The Neuse River Bridge, New Bern, North Carolina Designer: Ralph Whitehead Associates, Charlotte, NC Contractor: Traylor Brothers, Inc., Evansville, IN The Neuse River Bridge, one of the largest public works projects in North Carolina, provided a complex yet functional bypass at the historic town of New Bern. A new interchange, connecting to US 70, was added to funnel heavy beach traffic onto and off of the bridge with lesser impacts on communities and land use.

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