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Yonnie3

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4. OBX was a lot less crowded before they built the Bonner Bridge in the early sixties

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 07:23 PM

Apr 2021

The Oregon Inlet ferry was how you got to Pea Island and then drove onward to Hatteras. When I first went to Ocracoke the ferry was privately operated. Ocracoke Town was the dead end of NC-12 and the road was a single lane of military surplus interlocking steel matting, not much to fix when it washed out.

I was in the campground on Ocracoke (where the big parking lot near the ferries is now) when the first ferry left to the south. There was a big celebration. Ocracoke is much different now.

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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