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Old 12-03-2013, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Morehead City, NC
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has closed the Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet to NC-12 along the Outer Banks today due to immediate safety concerns.
Bonner Bridge to close immediately over safety concerns | WTKR.com
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Old 12-03-2013, 01:09 PM
 
Location: The 12th State
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The sand will always shift, hurricanes and nor-easters will happen, they need to let this bridge go and Hwy 12 also give up idea of building another bridge and allocate the money on robust ferry system and sand buggy taxi plus rentals for those without 4 wheel drive.
IMO most of tourists who stay in Nags Head and north just want to go to Hatteras or Ocracoke so they could create a ferry that loads in Nags Head and off loads in Avon or Buxton.
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Old 12-03-2013, 07:51 PM
 
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Making people drive to and from Stumpy Point will KILL Hatteras Island.
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Old 12-03-2013, 08:28 PM
 
Location: The 12th State
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Its only 30 minute drive but adding the two hour ferry ride is the killer.
Ferries will leave at 5 a.m., 6:30, 8, 9:30, 11, 12:30 p.m., 2, 3:30, 5, & 9:30 from Stumpy Lake and 6 a.m., 7:30, 9, 10:30, Noon, 1:30 p.m, 3, 4:30, 6, & 7:30 from Rodanthe.
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Old 12-03-2013, 08:46 PM
 
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I wonder if there's still an exception for emergency vehicles.

Can people still walk, or bicycle across?
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Old 12-05-2013, 06:46 AM
 
Location: The 12th State
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Gov. McCrory and Transportation Secretary Tony Tata both lay blame for the current Bonner Bridge situation on the Southern Environmental Law Center, which has tried to block the state from building a replacement bridge, proposing instead a costly 17-mile-long bridge.
McCrory and Outer Banks leaders blast environmental group over bridge delay | State Politics | NewsObserver.com
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Old 12-06-2013, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Wake Forest, NY
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I enjoy the ferry ride to Ocracoke. It does just fine with ferry only service. Put another ferry going to Hatteras.

Spending hundreds of millions to build another bridge is crazy.
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Old 12-06-2013, 03:44 PM
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“We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”

Never a quote more apropos!
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Old 12-08-2013, 08:36 PM
 
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I enjoy the ferry ride to Ocracoke. It does just fine with ferry only service. Put another ferry going to Hatteras.

Spending hundreds of millions to build another bridge is crazy.
You are freaking insane to think Hatteras can survive on ferry service alone
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