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Article: NEW BRIDGE WILL LET CROATAN SOUND TRAFFIC BYPASS MANTEO STREETS.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 23, 1997
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Byline: LANE DEGREGORY, STAFF WRITER
MANTEO -- Drivers approaching the Outer Banks from Raleigh will be able to bypass Manteo completely once a new bridge between Manns Harbor and Roanoke Island is built.
A four-lane road - and a new bridge across the Croatan Sound - will route traffic from the T-intersection where U.S. 64 joins U.S. 264 in Manns Harbor to just south of Manteo at the Midway intersection where the road to Wanchese branches off.
Motorists coming onto the barrier islands from Manns Harbor will get a straight shot across the Croatan Sound to the base of the Washington Baum Bridge to Nags Head.
Summer traffic will decrease ...