Category 3A: Major Highway Structures Over $10 Million Honorable Mention
2002 The Neuse River Bridge, New Bern, North Carolina
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.