Tag: Bonner Bridge

Dedication plaque from the Bonner Bridge, removed from bridge for the Marc Basnight Bridge ribbon cutting.It was a heck of a day to dedicate the replacement span for the Bonner Bridge. There was a cold driving rain. The wind was from the northeast and the weather was deteriorating.It was, as North

Wider, stronger and better constructed, the replacement for the Bonner Bridge is now open. Photo NCDOTSuddenly the new Oregon Inlet bridge is open. No announcement, no huge fanfare, just a quick notice press release from NCDOT with a headline reading: "New Bridge Over Oregon Inlet Opens to Traffic"

Looking down at the Oregon Inlet channel through the Bonner Bridge from the replacement span.Cold, windy and spectacular. There is no other way to describe what it was like to walk across Oregon Inlet on the replacement span for the Bonner Bridge.NCDOT has not opened the new bridge yet to traffic.

The year in review.As 2018 comes to a close, it's time to look back over the year and some of the stories that we covered in our Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates blog. There were some tough choices that we had to make about which story to highlight for each month, but here it is—our 2018

Although structurally complete, there is still work to be done on the Bonner Bridge before its early 2019 opening.Fall Storms Create Construction DelaysThe ribbon cutting for the new Bonner Bridge that spans Oregon Inlet has

The last girder is place in the replacement span of the Bonner Bridge. Photo, WUNCNCDOT Predicts a December OpeningFifteen years after its expected lifespan, the Bonner Bridge is finally about to be replaced. They placed final

Generator leaving Ocracoke after power was restored on Friday.Mandatory Evacuation Lifted Sooner Than ExpectedJust nine days after a construction accident cut the line carrying power to Hatteras Island and Ocracoke, repairs

Digging for the severed cable at the south end of the Bonner Bridge construction zone. Photo, Outer Banks Voice.The news just came out a little while ago, that Hatteras Island is being evacuated. This is a manmade catastrophe,

Artist's rendering of the Jug Handle, Bonner Bridge project.The replacement for the Bonner Bridge has always been the big cog in the wheel to improve the transportation corridor through Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.

2016-a mostly good year.2016 was certainly an interesting year. Most of it was really positive and and there is not doubt the Outer Banks is still the best place anywhere for a family vacation.Some of the headlines, though,