Tag: Bonner Bridge

Roadbuilding

N.C.’s Old Bonner Bridge scheduled to be removed piece-by-piece

The bridge will be sawed apart and taken away on barges, piece by piece to avoid flying debris hitting the new bridge. Details here on Equipment World.

April 24, 2019

Roadbuilding

Dare Co. (N.C) gives progress update on Bonner Bridge construction

Dare County, North Carolina recently released a video on its Government and Education Channel’s Facebook page that shows current progress on the Bonner Bridge. The Island Free Press reports that the video offers updates on the work done by crews to finish Bonner Bridge, as well as work on the Pea Island Interim Bridge, both of which are slated for […]

April 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Crews install first piling for new Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet in N. Carolina

Construction crews installed the first piling for the the new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet on May 9, according to a press release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The bridge will have a total of 673 concrete pilings, ranging from 110 feet to 130 feet in length. The majority of the pilings will be 36 […]

May 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

North Carolina officials break ground on new Bonner Bridge

It took a while, but North Carolina officials finally broke ground on the new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge this week. For five years, litigation between the North Carolina Department of Transportation and environmentalists kept construction on the bridge from getting under way, according to NCDOT. But after a deal was brokered last year, officials broke […]

March 10, 2016