New span to provide reliable Outer Banks lifeline
RALEIGH — When Danny Couch looks at the almost-completed new bridge across the Oregon Inlet along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, he sees both beauty and certainty.Beauty because of the structure itself – the new Bonner Bridge roadway will rise 90.5 feet in the air at its highest point, and the high-rise portion is 3,500 feet long. And certainty because the new bridge is replacing one that had a life expectancy of 30 years – when it was built more than 50 years ago. […]
