Oregon Inlet Bridge closed

[garagenc]

The Herbert C Bonner bridge that connects Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Island has been closed by NCDOT.

They were in the process of doing 2 million dollars in repairs to the bridge but decided it needed to be closed today at noon.

Ferry's will be running starting tomorrow (Wednesday),

You can read about here:

http://pilotonline.com/2013/12/bonner-bridge-closed-over-safety-concerns

[cfelton]

Thats really sad. I've been going across that bridge my whole life. We rode over to Pea Island about a month ago and I noticed a pretty bad dip over the channel. A friend dives around the bridge during dead tides and said you can swim under the pilings in the channel. Hopefully it can be repaired until a new bridge can be built.

[Blue_Runner]

Agree, very sad. I guess that makes it a true island now. I am amazed the bridge lasted as long as it has. Amazing they could build one in that inlet to begin with as volatile as it is.

[cfelton]

It was designed to last 30 years, so really in that spot its done really good! They are running ferrys from Stumpy Point to Rodanthe but I cant see them handling all that traffic. Its a bad situation.