Bridge Coverage

Explore one of NC's original covered bridges

The Pisgah Covered Bridge is one of only two original covered bridges left in North Carolina and is considered a historic site.

Tandra Wilkerson, WRAL contributor

$1.2 trillion infrastructure improvements will impact every U.S. citizen, feds tell WRAL Investigates

Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt's role has a "Santa Claus" element right now.

Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter

$3 million to go toward pedestrian bridge in downtown Rocky Mount

A federal spending bill secures $3 million to build a pedestrian bridge across the train tracks running through downtown Rocky Mount.

Rocky Mount getting $3 million for downtown walking bridge over train tracks

The new federal spending bill secures $3 million to build a pedestrian bridge across the train tracks running through downtown Rocky Mount.

Kenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Fuel tanker crashes into Highway 70 railing over Neuse River in Kinston

Lenoir County deputies responded to an 18-wheeler stuck on a guardrail along Highway 70 on Wednesday morning.

Once a year: Longest covered bridge in North Carolina opens for visitors

People traveling down NC-42 into Sanford are greeted by this unexpected, rustic sight. Complete with an old windmill, it runs parallel to a modern concrete bridge over the same rushing water.

Heather Leah, multiplatform producer

NCDOT ends more contracts with bridge builder, company couldn't stay on schedule

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is reporting more issues with a contractor it hired to replace several bridges across the state.

Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit

PITTSBURGH — In the City of Bridges, it was not a standout. The bridge, four lanes of Forbes Avenue raised on a steel frame over a picturesque wooded ravine, carried traffic to and from the neighborhoods on the city’s East End. It was around 50 years old and, according to inspectors, in poor condition, but even by those measures was not particularly exceptional in Pittsburgh.

Campbell Robertson and Sophie Kasakove, New York Times

Biden talks infrastructure on day of Pittsburgh bridge collapse

President Biden pointed to a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh as the danger inherent in letting infrastructure fall into disrepair.

Penn. bridge collapses hours before Biden set to visit the state to talk about infrastructure

The two-lane bridge collapsed just hours before President Joe Biden is set to visit the city to talk about his infrastructure bill. The nation's infrastructure is under a spotlight with disrupted supply chains leading to rising prices and a bridge collapse in the city the president is set to visit.

Part of I-240 in Asheville closes down after bridge damaged in crash

Part of Interstate 240 is shut down in Asheville due to a crash that damaged a bridge above the interstate, according to the Asheville Fire Department.

Sloane Heffernan and family take leap off 'Jaws' bridge

Sloane Heffernan and her children took the leap off of the "Jaws" bridge at Martha's Vineyard.

Truck removed from railroad bridge in downtown Durham

A tractor trailer was stuck under a bridge in downtown Durham on Wednesday morning.

Man stuck in traffic jumps off bridge, prompting water rescue

The man required assistance after jumping off the bridge and being stranded in the water.

Peruvians rebuild 500-year-old bridge using ancient weaving techniques

Peruvians rebuilt an ancient Inca bridge by weaving a new one. The 500-year-old bridge was rebuilt using traditional weaving techniques. It's used to connect communities divided by a major river in southern Peru.

WATCH THIS: Fire engulfs a bridge in Kentucky

Here's a sight you don't see every day.

Driver killed after car plunges off Wilmington roadway near bridge

WECT reports a driver was killed after his car plunged off a Wilmington roadway and overturned down a steep embankment near the Isabel Holmes Bridge around 2:50 p.m. Monday afternoon.

WECT News

Pisgah Covered Bridge's history lost, recovered and covered

North Carolina has its scenic treasures and Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason visits one in Randolph County.

NC DOT to build bridge near Smithfield where children died

Changes are coming to a Johnston County road where two young children died after being swept away by floodwaters.

Bridge to be built where two Smithfield children were swept away by flood waters

North Carolina Department of Transportation Officials will build a bridge on Galilee Road near Smithfield, where two children died after being swept away by floodwaters in August.

This day in history: Brooklyn Bridge opens (May 24, 1883)

Presided over by President Chester Arthur, the dedication of the world's first steel suspension bridge was attended by thousands on May 24, 1883.

Elevation explains why bridges freeze before roads

Elizabeth Gardner demonstrates how cold air above and below makes bridge surfaces freeze more quickly than surface roads.

Local woman still active playing bridge at age 100

It's a game of bridge that has been in the works for a century. Photojournalist Jamie Munden introduces us to the 100-year-old woman who is still playing cards.

Road construction to make repairs to bridges over Jordan Lake

WRAL's Brian Shrader has more on the road work that's being done to two bridges that cross Jordan Lake.

Durham's famous 'can opener' bridge construction complete

Construction wrapped up Tuesday on the bridge in Durham known as the can opener.