Rodanthe Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge in North Carolina, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

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| caption = The Rodanthe Bridge on the date of its opening, 2022

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| carries = Two lanes of {{Jct|state=NC|NC|12}}

| crosses = Pamlico Sound

| locale = Rodanthe, NC

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| begin = September 6, 2018

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| cost = $145 million

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The Rodanthe Bridge, commonly called the Jug Handle Bridge,{{Cite news|last1=Crist|first1=Joy|date=2020-09-03|title=Jug Handle Bridge is nearly 50% complete, and is still expected to open in the fall of 2021|url=https://islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-news/jug-handle-bridge-is-nearly-50-complete-and-is-still-expected-to-open-in-the-fall-of-2021/|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Island Free Press|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906142612/https://islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-news/jug-handle-bridge-is-nearly-50-complete-and-is-still-expected-to-open-in-the-fall-of-2021/|url-status=live}} is a {{convert|2.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.flatironcorp.com/project/n-c-12-rodanthe-bridge/ |title=N.C. 12 Rodanthe Bridge |publisher=Flatiron Construction Corp. |accessdate=July 5, 2019 |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705223511/https://www.flatironcorp.com/project/n-c-12-rodanthe-bridge/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Shoring Up for Rising Sea Levels|url=https://www.enr.com/articles/50899-shoring-up-for-rising-sea-levels?v=preview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201125820/https://www.enr.com/articles/50899-shoring-up-for-rising-sea-levels?v=preview|archive-date=2021-12-01|access-date=2021-01-03|website=Engineering News Record|language=en}}