Crossing Oregon Inlet: The history of connecting the Outer Banks PUBLISHED 4:29 PM ET Jun. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:29 PM EDT Jun. 01, 2021
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OUTER BANKS, N.C. Someone on the video gives a countdown, “Four, three, two, one”, before explosives detonate on one of the last remaining stretches of the Bonner Bridge.
The video, shared on social media by the U.S. Coast Guard last week, shows the final days of the bridge that spanned Oregon Inlet and connected Hatteras Island to the neighboring Outer Banks towns to the north.
“Before the bridge came in, the only way to get to Hatteras Island was by ferry, was by boat,” North Carolina Maritime Museums Director Joe Schwarzer said. “It’s connectivity, it’s enormous.