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Published: 2011-10-05 16:56:03
Updated: 2011-10-05 16:56:03

Posted: October 5, 2011

N.C. 12 to open to drivers next week

Photos of Hurricane Irene's impact in on N.C. Highway 12 by Donny Bowers.

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Photos of Hurricane Irene's impact in on N.C. Highway 12 by Donny Bowers.
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Rodanthe, N.C. — The Outer Banks throughfare washed out by Hurricane Irene in late August is expected to reopen by the middle of next week, the N.C. Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

Engineer Pablo Hernandez said work on N.C. Highway 12 will be complete on or before Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Crews have been working, sometimes around the clock, on breaches to N.C. 12 since the storm passed Aug. 27.  Irene washed out two areas of N.C. Highway 12, including a section more than 200 feet long in the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, south of Nags Head, when the Category 1 storm touched down on the coast.

The two-lane, 650-foot temporary bridge will restore traffic and will remain in place as long as necessary while the DOT works toward a permanent repair to the damage.

 

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"And your "man made global bs" Iworkforaliving

It's almost imposable to imagine, in this day and age there are still people that don't believe that man made global warming is a huge problem. Of course I guess there are also still people who don't believe the Earth is round and man has walked on the moon.
Click to view my profile fayncmike
October 7, 2011 9:07 a.m.
"You know, that highway has been there a LONG time, and only in the last few years have there been problems with overwash and inlets. btneast"

Can you sat, "man made global warming?

Give me a break, that road has been washed out many times and not only in the last few years, ever since the road was laid its gotten wash out here or there. And your "man made global bs" Your parents were crying a different tune when they were marching around whining about man made global cooling in the 70s. So whats you kids gonna scream about in 10 or 20 years? Man made global stagnation?
Iworkforaliving
October 6, 2011 4:13 p.m.
"You know, that highway has been there a LONG time, and only in the last few years have there been problems with overwash and inlets. btneast"

Can you sat, "man made global warming?
Click to view my profile fayncmike
October 6, 2011 3:57 p.m.
"650-foot temporary bridge will restore traffic and will remain in place as long as necessary while the DOT works toward a permanent repair to the damage."

In other words, it will be there for about 30 years.
ben94gt
October 6, 2011 1:10 p.m.
You know, that highway has been there a LONG time, and only in the last few years have there been problems with overwash and inlets. It has also only been a few years that NPS has stopped NCDOT from building back the dune lines on the sea side of the highway, that were put there to protect the highway. Hmmmm, I wonder if there is a connection? On a separate note, I-40 has been blocked on several occasions from rock slides.....maybe we should just stop doing the work to open that highway back up, because its just going to happen again.
btneast
October 6, 2011 10:56 a.m.
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