In just a few hours, construction crews will make history on the outer banks. Theyll start work on the new bonner bridge. This after years of red tape and fighting with environmental groups. The bonner bridge is the only land route residents on Hatteras Island have to the rest of the outer banks. Rico bush is live in the newsroom with more on whats expected to happen in the outer banks, today marks a major milestone for North Carolina. Crews plan move forward with construction on a stretching across the oregon inlet. For years, 10 on your side has covered the story on the current bridge. Crews built it in the 1960s and the bridge was designed to last only last 30 years. In the past, weve told you about emergency shutdowns for repairs to keep the aging bridge up and running. The constant battle and legal issues with environmental groups, residents and transportation officials prevented North Carolina from building a new bridge. The groups eventually dropped the lalauits and paved the wa
In just a few hours, construction crews will make history on the outer banks. Theyll start work on the new bonner bridge. This after years of red tape and fighting with environmental groups. The bonner bridge is the only land route residents on Hatteras Island have to the rest of the outer banks. Rico bush is live in the newsroom with more on whats expected to happen in the outer banks, today marks a major milestone for North Carolina. Crews plan move forward with construction on a stretching across the oregon inlet. For years, 10 on your side has covered the story on the current bridge. Crews built it in the 1960s and the bridge was designed to last only last 30 years. In the past, weve told you about emergency shutdowns for repairs to keep the aging bridge up and running. The constant battle and legal issues with environmental groups, residents and transportation officials prevented North Carolina from building a new bridge. The groups eventually dropped the lawsuits and paved the wa
70s. Winds sw 812mph. High pressure is in control of our weather for the next few days. It will be nice and warm. Well see lots of sunshine with highs in the 70s. By saturday night the next weather system will move into the region. Well see scattered showers saturday night into sunday. Temps will come down a bit in the 60s by sunday. Next weekend we turn the clocks forward 1 hour. Good morning, hampton in just a few hours, construction crews will make history on the outer banks. Theyll start work on the new bonner bridge. This after years of red tape and fighting with environmental groups. The bonner bridge is the only land route residents on Hatteras Island have to the rest of the outer banks. Newsroom with more on whats expected to happen today. Rico. After decades of delays on a bridge replacement in the outer banks, today marks a major milestone for North Carolina. Crews plan move forward with construction on a new bonner bridge, stretching across the oregon inlet. For years, 10 on
Outer banks. Crews are starting work on the brand new bonner bridge. Governor pat mccrory was at the groundbreaking ceremony this morning. And so was 10 on your sides erin kelly. Erin, this is a start to a project several years in the making. The existing bridge is more than 50 years old some say standing on borrowed time. There was a big turnout. Gov. Mccrory told the crowd they said it wouldnt happen. Its happening today. The new bridge is designed to have a 100year lifespan, expected to open in fall 2018. Instead of 1 navigational span, the 3. 5mile project will have 7 spans. Governor mccrory calls it a lifeline for hatteras island. Governor pat mccrory North Carolina r Public Safety is the number one urgency to make this of celebration of something that took 20 years 2 long. But im very proud of my team that made this happen. In 2011, ncdot hired a contractor to design the new bridge. Lawsuits from environmental groups stalled the project until a settlement was reached last year. I