State officials are looking at ways to connect people to and from the northern Outer Banks via two bridge projects, according to a special report by NBC 17.
The first project, according to the report, is exploration of building a "Mid-Currituck Bridge." The bridge would be a seven-mile toll road over the Currituck Sound, from the mainland to Corolla in the northern Outer Banks.
The pricetag would be roughly $500 million and would open by 2013.
"The time savings is expected to be up to an hour, and that's a huge savings on peak season," David Joyner, North Carolina Turnpike Authority, told NBC 17. "What we're looking at is a three-lane bridge, with one reversible lane on high traffic weekends."
The other project is the Bonner Bridge project, which links NC 12 between Bodie Island and Pea Island over Oregon Inlet.
"The state will spend $43 million over the next six years just to keep the crumbling span open while a new bridge is built," said the report.
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