Tropical Storm Gabrielle caused minimal damage to the Outer Banks, but it did renew the debate about the safety of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge.

After being the connection between the mainland and Outer Banks for decades, pieces of the dismantled Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, which was replaced in 2019 2.8-mile Marc Basnight Bridge, are now ...

Researchers with N.C. State University are stress testing girders from the old Bonner Bridge, which was dismantled to make way for a new bridge on the Outer Banks. Photo: NCDOT After being the ...

RALEIGH – For decades, the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge served as a transportation lifeline for people headed to the Outer Banks until it was dismantled a few years ago to make way for a new bridge ...

As Binkley says, North Carolina Congressman Herbert C. Bonner understood that a bridge was in the long-term interest of those investors who had already put their money in Hatteras.

The 55-year-old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge is well known to locals and vacationers, who used it to travel the southern Outer Banks. Prior to its construction, a ferry was needed to cross Oregon Inlet.

The 55-year-old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge is well known to locals and vacationers, who used it to travel the southern Outer Banks. Prior to its construction, a ferry was needed to cross Oregon Inlet.

The Marc Basnight Bridge will be closed for 15 minutes on Thursday in order to demolish Bonner Bridge, and the closure will take place sometime between noon and 4 p.m.

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (WAVY) – NCDOT is closing the Marc Basnight Bridge Tuesday for a scheduled demolition work on the old Herbert C Bonner Bridge.