|
|
Article: FERRY DIVISION WORKING TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE USE STATE'S 7 ROUTES ANNUALLY.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: CATHERINE KOZAK THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
HATTERAS ISLAND -- At the end of the line, the line has been long.
With some of the stacking lanes closed for construction at the ferry docks at the tip of Hatteras Island, vehicles have already backed up a mile or so into the village, an inconvenience that usually doesn't happen until the height of the tourist season.
But Jack Cahoon, superintendent of the northern district of the North Carolina Ferry Division, said he recalls waiting five hours on a Labor Day weekend in the late '50s or early '60s for the Oregon Inlet ferry. He remembers it so vividly because, as he waited about one mile south of the ...