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PJMcK

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2. Yikes

Reply to Yonnie3 (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 06:16 PM

Apr 2021

Oregon Inlet is an important waterway between The Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound on the inside of the Outer Banks Islands. I hope the debris doesn't clog the inlet.

The new bridge/causeway is beautiful and higher as well as better protected from storms. The views as you drive over it are spectacular!

The state is building another causeway/bridge (see what I did?!) at Rodanthe that will bypass the village. They have a tremendous over-wash problem in that stretch of Route 12 with water and sand often covering the roadway. The new bridge will make that stretch of roadway more protected.

The OBX has a real problem in the future. Ocracoke Island is only 2-6 feet above sea level and flooding is a common occurrence.

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Section of old Bonner Bridge collapses during demolition [View all] Yonnie3 Apr 2021 OP

So will Richmond and Hampton Roads still be able to get to OBX???? underpants Apr 2021 #1

Yeah, that won't be a problem PJMcK Apr 2021 #3

Yikes PJMcK Apr 2021 #2

OBX was a lot less crowded before they built the Bonner Bridge in the early sixties Yonnie3 Apr 2021 #4

Ocracoke is big in our family PJMcK Apr 2021 #5

My family too Yonnie3 Apr 2021 #6

As an Ocracoke might say... PJMcK Apr 2021 #7