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Rodanthe Bridge

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Rodanthe Bridge

The Rodanthe Bridge, commonly called the Jug Handle Bridge, is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) two-lane "jug handle" trestle bridge in Dare County, North Carolina. The bridge carries North Carolina Highway 12 from Rodanthe to the southern point of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge by going west into the

Pamlico Sound and then parallel an area of the Hatteras Island that is prone to coastal erosion, washouts, and flooding from storms. The bridge is designed around climate resilience in mind using nature-based design practices to try to make the bridge more resilient to extreme weather.

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