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Outer Banks will soon open a second bridge to run along the flooded road

By Lisa R. Bonnell
April 5, 2022
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FILE - This aerial photo taken during a helicopter ride, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, with a group of federal and state officials, shows a section of Highway 12 on the edge of Rodanthe, North Carolina that was destroyed by Hurricane Irene.  A bridge that will allow locals and tourists to avoid North Carolina's ever-washed Outer Banks highway is set to open to traffic in April 2022. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP, File)

FILE – This aerial photo taken during a helicopter ride, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, with a group of federal and state officials, shows a section of Highway 12 on the edge of Rodanthe, North Carolina that was destroyed by Hurricane Irene. A bridge that will allow locals and tourists to avoid North Carolina’s ever-washed Outer Banks highway is set to open to traffic in April 2022. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP, File)


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RODANTHE, North Carolina

A bridge that will allow locals and tourists to avoid an ever-washed-out road on North Carolina’s Outer Banks is expected to open to traffic this month.

People will be able to walk, cycle and run on the 2.4-mile (3.8-kilometer) Rodanthe Bridge on Saturday before it opens, reports The News & Observer.

The $154 million bridge will take North Carolina Highway 12 over Pamlico Sound, bypassing the southern end of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and a portion of the road that is often washed out by the ocean during the storms. Construction on the project – known as the “jug-handle bridge” because of the way it protrudes above the water – began in 2018.

A group of landowners and residents sued in federal court to try to stop the bridge from being built, arguing that the environmental impacts had not been carefully weighed and that a popular windsurfing spot would be affected.

Wildlife advocates and the National Wildlife Refuge Association, however, sided with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. While the bridge has taken nearly 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of the refuge, approximately 19 acres (7.7 hectares) will be restored where part of the existing highway will be removed.

Environmental groups have actually pushed for a longer bridge, but the Department for Transport said it would be too expensive. Two bridges were built instead. The $252 million, 2.8-mile (4.5-kilometer) Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet opened in February 2019.

Saturday’s ‘Community Day’ at Rodanthe Bridge will include 5 mile (8 kilometer) and 5 km (3 mile) races. Part of the bridge will be open to walkers and cyclists from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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